Banking on the state : the financial foundations of Lebanon /
Hicham Safieddine.
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages).
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures .
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781503609686
2019005424
Maṣrif Lubnān--History.
Banks and banking, Central--History.--Lebanon Monetary policy--History.--Lebanon Finance--History.--Lebanon