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Arguing about Financial Regulation: Comparing National Discourses on the Global Financial Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2011

Martin Lodge  and
Kai Wegrich
Martin Lodge
Affiliation:
London School of Economics
Kai Wegrich
Affiliation:
Hertie School of Governance
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As we write, the world is still in the grips of a financial crisis. Germany was one of the first countries to bail out a bank in July 2007. Then, in September 2007, the United Kingdom (UK) witnessed a run on a building society, Northern Rock, and the subsequent widespread nationalization of its banking sector. In the United States, the crisis led to a number of collapses among financial institutions, most famously Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and the bail out of the insurance group, AIG, all in 2008.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 726 - 730
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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