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ALESSANDRO ROSELLIis Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School, City University, London. He has written extensivelyon banking, finance and economic history. Among his books: La finanza Americana; Il governatore Azzolini; Italy and Albania: Financial Relations in the Fascist Period and, with Carlo Gola, The UK Banking System and Its Regulatory and Supervisory Framework. Introduction PART I: THE INTERWAR PERIOD Financial Depth in Three Economies: The UK, the USA, Italy The Great Depression and Britain The United States: Boom and Depression Italy: Finance in a Fascist State PART II: FINANCIAL STABILITY AND EVOLUTION IN THE POSTWAR DECADES (A ‘GOLDEN AGE’?) Financial Deepening in the Three Economies The United Kingdom: Not So Stable The United States: Big Government and Big Bank Italy’s Recovery PART III: THE RECENT PERIOD The Broad Framework Financial Structure of the Three Economies: Never So Deep Growth and Collapse of the Shadow Banking System in the United States A Severe Test for London as the World Financial Centre Italy: Financially More Stable, but Structural Problems Persist Conclusion
