Dollars and Dominion: US Bankers and the Making of a Superpower

2025/04/17 by Seokju Oh · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Economic Theory and Policy

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2025.2491631

Abstract

Mary Bridges’s new book, Dollars and Dominion, explores the role of a specific group of bankers – the staff of the foreign branches of two US commercial banks, the International Banking Corporation...

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