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Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the durable nature of financial institutions, from the Middle Ages to the present day, and argues that reform should take place through innovation in institutional design rather than regulation.
Trade ReviewTwo geography scholars offer an excellent study of global finance, specifically the global processes of financial intermediation. * Choice *
Table of Contents1: Global Financial Networks: What They Are and Where They Come From 2: The Paradox of Sticky Power 3: The End of Investment Bank Capitalism? An Economic Geography of Financial Jobs and Power 4: The Dark Side of NY 5: From the Euromarket to the Great Inversion: The Political Geographic Paradox of Offshore Banking 6: Culprits or Bystanders? Offshore Securitization Centers and the Global Financial Crisis 7: Regional Blocks and Imperial Legacies: Mapping the Global Offshore FDI Network 8: Capitalist Tools in Socialist Hands ? China Mobile in the Global Financial Network 9: Asset Management as a Digital Platform Industry: A Global Financial Network Perspective 10: A Great Transformation?
