Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Finance As Servant?: New Deal Banking Reforms and Keynesian Welfare State Capitalism; Chapter Two The Contradictory Imperatives of the "Finance-As-Servant" Agenda; Chapter Three "Finance-As-Servant" and the Blending of Commercial and Investment Banking; Chapter Four Prelude to the 1930s: The Rise and Repudiation of Commercial Bank Participation in Investment Banking; Chapter Five The Contradictory Imperatives of New Deal Banking Reforms
Summary
Russell provides a groundbreaking critique of the orthodox position on the nature and unraveling of New Deal reforms. This exceptional work will appeal to economists, historians, and scholars interested in this vital period of American history