Banking on privilege

Table of Contents
Tables
Preface
Introduction: Invisible Hand and Political Legacy 1
1 The Spanish Economy and Financial Reform 7
2 The Inflationary Origins of the Spanish Financial System 45
3 Cheap Credit and the Politics of Interventionism 65
4 Shift within the State 87
5 Financial Reform and the Political Transition 116
6 Socialist Victory and Regulatory Accommodation 136
7 From Meso to Macro: The Rise and Fall of the Peseta 167
Conclusion: The Politics of Financial Liberalization 190
Index 203