Central banking in a democracy : the Federal Reserve and its alternatives /

The Federal Reserve System, which has been Congress's agent for the control of money since 1913, has a mixed reputation. Its errors have been huge. It was the principal cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s and the inflation of the 1970s, and participated in the massive bailouts of financi...

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Main Author:	Wood, John H. (John Harold)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2015.
Series:	Routledge explorations in economic history ; 69.
Subjects:	Banks and banking, Central > United States. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) Monetary policy > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book