Portugal
Almost nothing on the modern corporate scene. Portugal took a bailout, restructured its banks and recovered, and none of it produced an English-language book; BES and BCP are undocumented. The economic history and the Eurozone crisis literature are where to look.
5 books
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- The Portuguese: A Modern HistoryBarry Hatton, 2011
- EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine ActsAshoka Mody, 2018
- An Economic History of Portugal, 1143-2010Leonor Freire Costa, Pedro Lains, Susana Münch Miranda, 2016
Books 5
Leonor Freire Costa, Pedro Lains, Susana Münch Miranda · 2016 · The standard long-run account, from empire trade through EU convergence.
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Harold James, Jean-Pierre Landau · 2016 · The doctrinal fight that determined the terms of Portugal's 2011 bailout.
Ashoka Mody · 2018 · Mody ran the IMF's Ireland programme; Portugal's adjustment is covered inside the euro story.
Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses · 2009 · The corporatist Estado Novo economy, run by an economics professor.
Barry Hatton · 2011 · General portrait, not a business book, but the only readable account of the country's institutions.