Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Chapter 1. Market Economy-Banking Reality 3
7. Chapter 2. A Methodological Alternative to the Misuse of Statistics 26
8. Chapter 3. Financial Context and Concepts 41
9. Chapter 4. Wives, Slaves, and the Athenian Banker 61
10. Chapter 5. Banking Operations: “Risk-Laden Revenues from 'Other People's Money’ ” 111
11. Chapter 6. The Banks’ Role in the Economy 190
12. Works Cited 225
13. Index of Passages Cited 255
14. General Index 269