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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and culturesPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019.Description: xii, 253 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781503605497
  • 9781503609679
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Banking on the stateDDC classification:
  • 332.1/1095692 23
LOC classification:
  • HG3259.A7 S24 2019
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 : façade of economic sovereignty -- Suits and shadows : the Intra affair -- Financial regime change : laissez-faire's last refuge -- Conclusion : sovereign debt, sovereign banks.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 : façade of economic sovereignty -- Suits and shadows : the Intra affair -- Financial regime change : laissez-faire's last refuge -- Conclusion : sovereign debt, sovereign banks.

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