The Lost Art of Banking: A Genealogical Analysis of the Banking Crisis and Bank Rehabilitation

This Palgrave Pivot explores the recent financial crisis from a new perspective. Reflecting on 40 years of banking experiences, the book will open new avenues to understanding banking and comment on possible ways to rehabilitate banking organisations.

In 1965 the Bank of Ireland received a consultancy report from McKinsey&Company, which heralded a new phase in banking practice and organisation. In the years that followed, the Bank of Ireland opened up its once traditional culture to outside...