A history of the Federal Reserve. Volume 1, 1913-1951 /
This first volume of Allan H. Meltzer's history of the Federal Reserve System covers the period from the Federal Reserve's founding in 1913 through the Treasury-Federal Reserve Accord of 1951. To understand why the Federal Reserve acted as it did at key points in its history, Meltzer draws...
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University of Chicago Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Alan Greenspan; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Central Banking Theory and Practice before the Federal Reserve Act; 3. In the Beginning, 1914 to 1922; 4. New Procedures, New Problems, 1923 to 1929; 5. Why Did Monetary Policy Fail in the Thirties?; 6. In the Backseat, 1933 to 1941; 7. Under Treasury Control, 1942 to 1951; 8. Conclusion: The First Thirty-seven Years; References; Data Sources; Index.