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Charles W Calomiris and Stephen Haber, Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, 2014; Hardcover, 584 pp.: 9780691155241, RRP $35.00 | £24.95; Paperback, 2015: 9780691168357, RRP $19.95 | £13.95 | Also available as e-book.

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Charles W Calomiris and Stephen Haber, Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, 2014; Hardcover, 584 pp.: 9780691155241, RRP $35.00 | £24.95; Paperback, 2015: 9780691168357, RRP $19.95 | £13.95 | Also available as e-book.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Patrick Gibb*
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Macquarie University, Australia

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