Forrest Capie

Covers the critical period in the history of banking from the late 17th century to the Bank Charter Act of 1844. It contains over 100 of the most important tracts, treatises and pamphlets which trace the development of the early modern banking system. 'There are many fascinating texts in this work, particularly on nineteenth-century banking issues ... ' (Antoin E Murphy, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought).

History of Banking: Scottish and Irish banks. Savings banks

Geoffrey E. Wood

The capacity of national central banks to 'step in' and bail out an economy is one which has proved to be vitally important over the years. This collection from Wood and Capie brings together important literature for the first time in book form.

The Lender of Last Resort

Charles Goodhart

Stanley Fischer

Norbert Schnadt

Papers from the Bank of England's Tercentenary Symposium provide an authoritative account of the evolution of central banking and explore policy dilemmas.

The Tercentenary Symposium of the Bank of England

The Future of Central Banking

Geoffrey Wood

This collection of essays by the eminent financial and monetary historians Capie and Wood examines and offers explanations of the parts played by money and the banking system in the British economy over the last two centuries. It deals with financial crises, periods of stability, and Britain in the international system.

Forrest Capie

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