Safieddine, Hicham,

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


Electronic Books.

HG3259 / .B365 2019