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State-building and finance are characteristic features of modern history. This seminar explores the relationship between state and finance from different perspectives. First, it analyzes the role of financial markets in financing state revenues. Already in the Middle Ages, sovereigns lacked fiscal sources to cover their expenses and regularly resorted to private loans. In modern times, banks have played a crucial role in financing wars and organizing bond markets for governments. The 19th and 20th centuries witnessed numerous financial innovations that arose from the growing financial needs of the state and public deficits. Second, we look at public banks. While in earlier times most banks were private institutions, this changed with the enforced process of nation-building since the mid-19th century. Government banks were established for specific purposes, such as providing long-term credit for agriculture, housing, or small businesses that had no access to other sources. During the World Wars and the Great Depression, many countries nationalized their banks. After 1945, state banks were used to channel credit into industrial development programs or to finance the welfare state. Third, we will analyze how governments have regulated financial markets and the banking sector. Finally, we will examine the relationship between politics and finance. This includes the role of bankers in politics and international financial diplomacy, the growing importance of lobbying, and the networks between bankers and public officials.
Laure Quennouëlle-Corre, State and finance, in: Oxford Handbook of Banking and Financial History, Oxford 2016, p. 420-38
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