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Do they walk on water? : Federal Reserve chairmen and the Fed /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santow, Leonard Jay
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Subjects:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) > Evaluation.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) > Officials and employees.
Monetary policy > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage
  • Monetary policy around the world
  • The Fed and its policies
  • Four decades of data that tell a story
  • The five recent chairmen : an overview
  • Arthur Burns (February 1, 1970-January 31, 1978)
  • G. William Miller (March 8, 1978-August 6, 1979)
  • Paul Volcker (August 6, 1979-August 11, 1987)
  • Alan Greenspan (August 11, 1987-January 31, 2006)
  • Ben S. Bernanke (from February 1, 2006)
  • The need for preventive regulation
  • Learning from the past to improve the future
  • A bigger-picture perspective
  • Concluding thoughts and recommendations.