The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System / / J. Lawrence Broz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Broz, J. Lawrence,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.) :; 20 tables, 6 charts/graphs

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created the infrastructure for the modern American payments system. Probing the origins of this benchmark legislation, J. Lawrence Broz finds that international factors were crucial to its conception and passage. Until its passage, the United States had suffered under...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. The Federal Reserve Act: Content and Contending Explanations
• 2. The Economics and Politics of International Currency Use
• 3. The International Economy, Patterns of Currency Use, and Domestic Politics
• 4. The Rise of the U.S. Economy and the Banking Reform Movement
• 5. Collective Action for Banking Reform
• 6. The Origins of Other Central Banks
• Index