Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1610392558
Size: 13.81 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
View: 3963
Book Description: Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world's most secretive global financial institution. Based on extensive archival research in Switzerland, Britain, and the United States, and in-depth interviews with key decision-makers -- including Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve; Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England; and former senior Bank for International Settlements managers and officials -- Tower of Basel tells the inside story of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): the central bankers' own bank. Created by the governors of the Bank of England and the Reichsbank in 1930, and protected by an international treaty, the BIS and its assets are legally beyond the reach of any government or jurisdiction. The bank is untouchable. Swiss authorities have no jurisdiction over the bank or its premises. The BIS has just 140 customers but made tax-free profits of 1.17 billion in 2011-2012. Since its creation, the bank has been at the heart of global events but has often gone unnoticed. Under Thomas McKittrick, the bank's American president from 1940-1946, the BIS was open for business throughout the Second World War. The BIS accepted looted Nazi gold, conducted foreign exchange deals for the Reichsbank, and was used by both the Allies and the Axis powers as a secret contact point to keep the channels of international finance open. After 1945 the BIS -- still behind the scenes -- for decades provided the necessary technical and administrative support for the trans-European currency project, from the first attempts to harmonize exchange rates in the late 1940s to the launch of the Euro in 2002. It now stands at the center of efforts to build a new global financial and regulatory architecture, once again proving that it has the power to shape the financial rules of our world. Yet despite its pivotal role in the financial and political history of the last century and during the economic current crisis, the BIS has remained largely unknown -- until now.
Finance Development March 2013
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1475525974
Size: 34.45 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : ar
Pages : 60
View: 5842
Book Description: For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s own staff as well as by prominent international experts. Articles are written for lay readers who want to enrich their understanding of the workings of the global economy and the policies and activities of the IMF.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1475525974
Size: 34.45 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : ar
Pages : 60
View: 5842
Book Description: For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s own staff as well as by prominent international experts. Articles are written for lay readers who want to enrich their understanding of the workings of the global economy and the policies and activities of the IMF.
Steppenwolf
Author: h. hesse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 40.16 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
View: 7522
Book Description:
Publisher:
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Size: 40.16 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
View: 7522
Book Description:
The International Economy
Author:
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ISBN:
Size: 14.41 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 14.41 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 3837
Book Description:
Bloomberg Businessweek
Author:
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Size: 64.69 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 119
Book Description:
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Size: 64.69 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 119
Book Description:
Community Report
Author:
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ISBN:
Size: 35.33 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : European communities
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 1487
Book Description:
Publisher:
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Size: 35.33 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : European communities
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 1487
Book Description:
Business Periodicals Index
Author:
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Size: 63.50 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 5602
Book Description:
Publisher:
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Size: 63.50 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 5602
Book Description:
The Council Of Basel The Papal Restoration 1418 1464
Author: Mandell Creighton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 66.92 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 436
Book Description:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 66.92 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 436
Book Description:
Architectural Publications Index
Author:
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Size: 42.78 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description:
Publisher:
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Size: 42.78 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description:
Great Spires
Author: Robert Bork
Publisher: Kolner Achitekturstudien
ISBN:
Size: 48.69 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Architecture, Gothic
Languages : en
Pages : 504
View: 5177
Book Description: Great spires designed in the Gothic era continue to dominate the skylines of many European cities even today. With their great height and complex detailing, spires like those of Chartres, Strasbourg, Vienna, and Antwerp, and their more recently completed cousins at Cologne and Ulm, rank among the most fantastic products of the medieval architectural imagination. This book traces the development of this major monument type from its pre-Gothic roots through its post-medieval reception, with particular emphasis on the flowering of spire construction in the late Middle Ages. Along the way, it explores the complex layering of religious and political significations in these ambitious projects.
Publisher: Kolner Achitekturstudien
ISBN:
Size: 48.69 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Architecture, Gothic
Languages : en
Pages : 504
View: 5177
Book Description: Great spires designed in the Gothic era continue to dominate the skylines of many European cities even today. With their great height and complex detailing, spires like those of Chartres, Strasbourg, Vienna, and Antwerp, and their more recently completed cousins at Cologne and Ulm, rank among the most fantastic products of the medieval architectural imagination. This book traces the development of this major monument type from its pre-Gothic roots through its post-medieval reception, with particular emphasis on the flowering of spire construction in the late Middle Ages. Along the way, it explores the complex layering of religious and political significations in these ambitious projects.
