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1996 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Systemic Risk, Financial Innovations, and the Financial Safety Net

Author : Michel Aglietta

Published in: Money in Motion

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Money does not manage itself. This was Bagehot’s contention, backed up by his large experience with the London money market. He drew operational conclusions and stated what is known to be the Classical theory of the lender-of-lastresort (LLR). It was the most articulate set of principles to guide LLR interventions in the nineteenth century.

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Title
Systemic Risk, Financial Innovations, and the Financial Safety Net
Author
Michel Aglietta
Copyright Year
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24525-3_22