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Unregulated Banking

Chaos or Order?

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Forrest Capie

    1. The City University, London, UK

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  2. Geoffrey E. Wood

    1. The City University, London, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Are Central Banks Necessary?

    • Charles A. E. Goodhart
    Pages 1-35

  3. Banking without a Central Bank: Scotland before 1844 as a ‘Free Banking’ system

    • Lawrence H. White
    Pages 37-71

  4. Lessons from the American Experience with Free Banking

    • Hugh Rockoff
    Pages 73-129

  5. Experiments with Free Banking during the French Revolution

    • Eugene N. White
    Pages 131-157

  6. The Evolution of Central Banking in England, 1821–90

    • Kevin Dowd
    Pages 159-205

  7. Does Bank Regulation Produce Stability? Lessons from the United States

    • George J. Benston
    Pages 207-240

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 241-251
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About this book

Using historical examples, this book attempts to demonstrate that unregulated banking can be successful and that central banks' beneficial contribution has been greatly exaggerated. Topics covered include a description of the experiment with free banking during the French Revolution.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The City University, London, UK

    Forrest Capie, Geoffrey E. Wood

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unregulated Banking

  • Book Subtitle: Chaos or Order?

  • Editors: Forrest Capie, Geoffrey E. Wood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11398-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Forrest Capie and Geoffrey E. Wood 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-11400-9Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-11398-9Published: 22 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 251

  • Topics: Banking

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