Ceramic coin banks

An essential guide to making ceramic jewellery from sourcing or creating fittings and findings, combining other materials and avoiding potential design issues. Ceramic je...

The US in 1913 was one of the last major economies to establish an institution of a central bank. The book examines, however, the history and evolution of central banking in the US...

The textbook examines the legal and organizational foundations of the formation and development of commercial banks, shows their role in the accumulation and mobilization of loan c...

This book chronicles the fascinating life story of the supermodel turned media mogul who has become one of the most influential African American women in our popular culture. ...

This groundbreaking investigation uncovers serious mismatches between David Galula’s counterinsurgency practice in Algeria and his counterinsurgency theory-the foundation of curren...

All central banks manage the supply of money and credit in their countries, increasing and decreasing them as needed to provide what economies need to keep growing. The way central...

The German case illustrates the initially self-reinforcing but ultimately self-undermining effects of market-restraining arrangements. In Germany, a legal framework conducive to bi...

This chapter examines the financial crisis that had begun in early 2007 in the United States. Euro area banks had taken big risks both in the U.S. and at home; almost instantly, th...