Description
Book SynopsisAt the dawn of this century, economics and economic growth was driven by industry. As we near the end of the century, money and the money markets are an industry unto themselves which now drives the global economy. Addressing one of the hottest topics in the field, this book explores the geography of the international flow of money.
Table of ContentsMoney and the Economic Landscape.
Stages of Banking Development and the Spatial Evolution of Financial Systems.
The Development of Financial Centres: Location, Information Externalities and Path Dependence.
Securing a Foothold in the Sands of Finance: Centralisation and Decentralisation of Monetary Structures.
Credit Flows and the Spatial Organisation of the Financial System: The UK and Germany.
The Restructuring of British Retail Finance Space.
Selling Off the State: Privatisation and the Space Economy of Shareholding.
Redrawing the Boundaries.
Private Pensions and Urban Development.
Financing Entreprenuership: Venture Capital and Regional Development in Europe and the USA.
Local Financial Systems and Regional Industrial Development: The Italian Case.
Corporate Recapitalisations and the Economic Landscape: Leveraged Buyouts in the Food Retail Sector.
International Banking Centres, Foreign Banks and the Space Economy.
Globalisation, Regulation and the Changing Organisation of Retail Banking in Britain and the USA.
The Crisis of Territorial Embeddedness of International Financial Markets.
Offshore Onshore: Re-Shaping the Financial Regulatory Landscape.
The Hypermobility of Capital and the Collapse of the Keynesian State.
