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Frankfurt am Main as a Center of Formation of Financial Oligarchy

https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2019-9-5-66-72

Abstract

The article looks at the role of Frankfurt am Main as a financial centre and its role in the developing of financial dynasties . Frankfurt am Main had a considerable role in the rising of Jewish financial dynasties (Baruch, Belmont, Goldman, Goldschmidt, Oppenheimer, Rothschild, Schiff, Seligman, Stern, Erlanger) . The vital position in Frankfurt am Main had German financial dynasties (Betmann, Metzler and others) . The article emphases the history of less known families of the financiers . Some of these families keep essential roles in the world of finance . The information contained in the article shows the close relative connections between mentioned families of financiers .

About the Author

A. V. Pachkalov
Financial University
Russian Federation
Alexander V. Pachkalov —  Assistant Professor, Director of Financial Museum


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Pachkalov A.V. Frankfurt am Main as a Center of Formation of Financial Oligarchy. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2019;9(5):66-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2019-9-5-66-72

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