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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141485703321

Autore

Christophers Brett <1971->

Titolo

Banking across boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : placing finance in capitalism / / Brett Christophers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013

ISBN

1-118-29549-8

1-299-15905-2

1-118-29551-X

1-118-29550-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Antipode book series

Disciplina

332.1/5

Soggetti

Finance

Banks and banking

Banks and banking, International

International finance

Capitalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The birth of economic productiveness -- Instrumental internationalism -- Enclosing the unproductive -- America, and boundaries breached -- Layering the logics of free trade in banking -- Anaemic geographies of productive finance.

Sommario/riassunto

This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity. An original contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked by the current economic crisis Offers a unique perspective on the geographical and social concept of 'placement' of the banking industryCombines theoretical approache