Banking on the state the financial foundations of Lebanon /

Safieddine, Hicham

Banking on the state the financial foundations of Lebanon / [Texte imprimé] : Hicham Safieddine - Stanford : Stanford University Press, cop. 2019 - 1 vol. (253 p.) ; 24 cm - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures .

Bibliogr. p. 233-242

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

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