The review argues classic administrative‑state scholarship largely ignored banking even though it’s among the most regulated U.S. industries. Bringing banking into the frame changes how we read the growth, methods, and failures of the administrative state.
— If our main governance literature omitted finance, many debates about state capacity and regulation are missing a core case that shapes crises and bailouts.
Paul Moreno
2025.08.26
100% relevant
The author notes Landis, White, and the Brownlow reformers 'all but ignored' banking and praises the book for filling that gap.
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