The Fed at One Hundred A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Howden, David (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Salerno, Joseph T. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Economic history.; Macroeconomics.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Economic Policy.

One hundred years after its foundation, the Federal Reserve has been entrusted with an enormous expansion in its operating powers for the sake of reviving a sluggish economy during the financial crisis. The aim of the present volume is to present a thorough and fundamental analysis of the Fed in the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• A Pre-history of the Federal Reserve
• Does U.S. History Vindicate Central Banking? - Ben Bernanke, the FDR of Central Bankers
• Fed Policy Errors of the Great Depression
• The Federal Reserve: Reality Trumps Rhetoric
• A Fraudulent Legend: The Myth of the Independent Fed
• Will Gold Plating the Fed Provide a Sound Dollar? Arthur Burns: The Ph.D. Standard Begins and the End of Independence
• The Federal Reserve's Housing Bubble and the Skyscraper Curse
• There Is No Accounting for the Fed
• Fiat Money and the Distribution of Incomes and Wealth
• Unholy Matrimony: Monetary Expansion and Deficit Spending
• Information, Incentives, and Organization: The Microeconomics of Central Banking
• A Stocktaking and Plan for a Fed-less Future.