The Great Debate on Banking Reform : Nelson Aldrich and the Origins of the Fed /

"Eminent historian of economics Elmus Wicker examines the events which spurred a series of banking panics beginning in 1893-94, that led to the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank twenty years later. A serious lacuna exists in the literature on the origins of the Federal Reserve System. W...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wicker, Elmus
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2005.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Aldrich, Nelson W. > (Nelson Wilmarth), > 1841-1915.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) > History.
Monetary policy.
Banks and banking.
Banking law.
Politique monetaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Banques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Banks and banking > United States > History.
Banking law > United States.
Monetary policy > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The great debate : an overview
  • Recent literature revisited
  • The quest for an asset-based currency, 1894-1908
  • The Aldrich-Vreeland Act
  • Jekyll Island and the Aldrich Bill
  • The Glass Bill
  • The Aldrich and Glass-Owen Bills compared
  • Theoretical underpinnings
  • Epilogue.

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