Resumen de Special issue on the history of credit and banking in a global perspective. Guest editor’s introduction

Paolo Di Martino

• Partly because of the legacy of the studies emerging after the 2008 crisis, and partly thanks to new trajectories, banking and financial history are lively fields in global economic history. The origins and causes of financial crises, the responsibilities of banks in these events, and the consequences of fiscal policy in moderating their effects on the real economy remain at the core of the analysis. Scholars, however, are also introducing new perspectives, for instance, the importance of correspondent banks for financial integration, the fallacy of collective memories in avoiding the risk of financial exuberance, and the effects of the links between political power and the banking industry.