The Myth of Independence : : How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve /

The Myth of Independence : : How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve / / Sarah Binder, Mark Spindel.

Born out of crisis a century ago, the Federal Reserve has become the most powerful macroeconomic policymaker and financial regulator in the world. The Myth of Independence traces the Fed’s transformation from a weak, secretive, and decentralized institution in 1913 to a remarkably transparent centra...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Binder, Sarah,
Spindel, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©2018
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 2 halftones. 36 line illus. 11 tables. 1 map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Monetary Politics
  • 2. The Blame Game
  • 3. Creating the Federal Reserve
  • 4. Opening the Act in the Wake of the Depression
  • 5. Midcentury Modern Central Banking
  • 6. The Great Inflation and the Limits of Independence
  • 7. The Only Game in Town
  • 8. The Myth of Independence
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • A NOTE ON THE TYPE

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