Banking And Finance

The Future of Banking

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For better or worse, banking is back in the headlines. From the desperate efforts of crisis-struck Eurozone governments to the Occupy Wall Street movement currently spreading across the globe, the future of banking is hotly debated. This VoxEU.org eBook presents a collection of essays by leading European and American economists that discuss both immediate solutions to the on-going financial crisis and medium- to long-term regulatory reforms.
Three years after the Lehman Brothers failure sent shockwaves through financial markets, banks are yet again in the centre of the storm. While in 2008 financial institutions “caused” the crisis and triggered widespread bailouts followed by fiscal stimulus programmes to limit the fall-out of the banking crisis for the rest of the economy, banks now seem to be more on the receiving end. The sovereign debt crisis in several southern European countries and potential large losses from a write-down of Greek debt make the solvency position of many European banks doubtful, which in turn explains the limited funding possibilities for many banks. As pointed by out many economists, including Charles Wyplosz in this collection of essays, policy mistakes have made a bad situation even worse.
The outrage over “yet another bank bailout” is justified. The fact that banks are yet again in trouble shows that the previous crisis of 2008 has not been used sufficiently to fix the underlying problems. If politicians join the outcry, however, it will be hypocritical because it was they, after all, who did not use the last crisis sufficiently for the necessary reforms. After a short period in crisis mode, there was too much momentum to go back to the old regime, with only minor changes here and there.

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Series Title

The Future of Banking

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Publisher

USA : Centre for Economic Policy Research,., 2011

Collation

1-103

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-907142-46-8

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NONE

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Edition

1st Edtion

Subject(s)

Albert Ellis

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