Banking on the state : the financial foundations of Lebanon

Banking on the state : the financial foundations of Lebanon / Hicham Safieddine.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Safieddine, Hicham (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Maṣrif Lubnān > History.
Banks and banking, Central > Lebanon > History.
Monetary policy > Lebanon > History.
Finance > Lebanon > History.
Lebanon > Colonial influence.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: illusions of financial independence
  • Colonial finance: the long monetary mandate
  • Central bank reform: ideas and institutions
  • Barons of banking: the untouchables
  • Banque du Liban: a façade of economic sovereignty
  • Suits and shadows: the Intra affair
  • Financial regime change : the last refuge of Laissez-faire
  • Conclusion: sovereign debt, sovereign banks.

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