The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve /
The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? Using scores of examples from the Fed's rich hist...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION: ULYSSES AND THE CHAPERONE
- PART I. The Federal Reserve Is a â#x80;#x9C;They, â#x80;#x9D; Not an â#x80;#x9C;Itâ#x80;#x9D;
- CHAPTER 1 The Three Foundings of the Federal Reserve
- CHAPTER 2 Leadership and Institutional Change: From Periphery to Power
- CHAPTER 3 Central Banking by Committee: The Authority of the Fedâ#x80;#x99;s Board of Governors
- CHAPTER 4 The â#x80;#x9C;Double Governmentâ#x80;#x9D; of the Federal Reserve: The Economists and the Lawyers
- CHAPTER 5 The Vestigial and Unconstitutional Federal Reserve BanksPART II. The Five Hundred Hats of the Federal Reserve
- CHAPTER 6 Practicing Monetary Policy: The Rise and Fall of the Chaperone
- CHAPTER 7 The Once and Future Federal Reserve: The Fedâ#x80;#x99;s Banking Functions
- PART III. The Sirens of the Federal Reserve
- CHAPTER 8 The President and the Federal Reserve: The Limits of Law and the Power of Relationships
- CHAPTER 9 Congress and the Fed: The Curious Case of the Fedâ#x80;#x99;s Budgetary Autonomy
- CHAPTER 10 Club Fed: The Communities of the Federal Reserve
- PART IV. The Democratic Demands of Fed Governance: Reforming the Fed by Choosing the ChaperoneCHAPTER 11 Proposals
- CONCLUSION: THE FREEMASONS AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY