Bringing together in one volume the most important writings of Andrew Leyshon and Nigel Thrift on money and finance, including the unpublished classic "Sexy-Greedy" this collection examines the economic, social and cultural manifestations that go to make up the multiple vision of money. Money,...

Policymakers'' uneasiness about granting independence to financial sector regulators stems to a large extent from the lack of familiarity with, and elusiveness of, the concept of accountability. This paper gives operational content to accountability and argues that it is possible to do so in a...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: ISSUES IN SURVEILLANCE -- 2. Loan Review, Provisioning, and Macroeconomic Linkages -- 3. Domestic Lending in Foreign Currency -- 4. Toward a Framework for Systemic Liquidity Policy -- 5. Emergency Liquidity Support...