Professor of Economic History, European University Institute, Florence. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His numerous publications on the subject include City Bankers, 1890-1914 (1994), Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century (1997), and Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005 (2006).

Youssef Cassis attempts to describe and explain the nature of modern bank crises: what creates them, why they happen and how they are resolved. This is a challenging subject for any study, and Cassis effortlessly carries it off ... The book greatly aids our understanding of financial crises.

• Foreword ; Introduction ; 1. Pre-War Crises ; 2. Post-War Crises ; 3. Banks ; 4. Governance ; 5. Regulation ; 6. International Cooperation ; 7. Balance of Power ; Conclusion

Professor of Economic History, European University Institute, Florence. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His numerous publications on the subject include City Bankers, 1890-1914 (1994), Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century (1997), and Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005 (2006).

Youssef Cassis attempts to describe and explain the nature of modern bank crises: what creates them, why they happen and how they are resolved. This is a challenging subject for any study, and Cassis effortlessly carries it off ... The book greatly aids our understanding of financial crises.

• Foreword ; Introduction ; 1. Pre-War Crises ; 2. Post-War Crises ; 3. Banks ; 4. Governance ; 5. Regulation ; 6. International Cooperation ; 7. Balance of Power ; Conclusion

Professor of Economic History, European University Institute, Florence. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His numerous publications on the subject include City Bankers, 1890-1914 (1994), Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century (1997), and Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005 (2006).

Youssef Cassis attempts to describe and explain the nature of modern bank crises: what creates them, why they happen and how they are resolved. This is a challenging subject for any study, and Cassis effortlessly carries it off ... The book greatly aids our understanding of financial crises.

• Foreword ; Introduction ; 1. Pre-War Crises ; 2. Post-War Crises ; 3. Banks ; 4. Governance ; 5. Regulation ; 6. International Cooperation ; 7. Balance of Power ; Conclusion