Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-282) and index.
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Money, banks, and creditworthiness : three myths? -- Banking and finance as organized conflict -- Institutions and the struggle over creditworthiness in 19th-century United States -- Wildcats, reputations, and the formation of the Federal Reserve -- Italian elites and the centralization of creditworthiness -- Italian creditworthiness : from central to national.
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For decades, the banking industry seemed to be a Swiss watch, quietly ticking along. But the recent financial crisis hints at the true nature of this sector. As Simone Polillo reveals in Conservatives Versus Wildcats, conflict is a driving force. Conservative bankers strive to control money by allying themselves with political elites to restrict access to credit. Barriers to credit create social resistance, so rival bankers-wildcats-attempt to subvert the status quo by using money as a tool for breaking existing boundaries. For instance, wildcats may increase the circulatio.
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Banks and banking-- Social aspects-- Italy-- History-- 19th century.
Banks and banking-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Banks and banking-- Social aspects, Case studies.
Credit-- Social aspects, Case studies.
Finance-- Social aspects, Case studies.
Banking.
Banks and banking-- Social aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking
Business & Economics.
Finance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.