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Central bankers at the end of their rope? : monetary policy and the coming depression /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rasmus, Jack (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., [2017]
Subjects:
Banks and banking, Central.
Monetary policy.
Financial crises.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Problems & contradictions of central banking
  • Evolution of central banking: functions, targets & tools
  • Central bank independence: but from whom?
  • Hamilton's curse: the 1st bank of the United States
  • The 2nd US bank & the depression of 1837-43
  • National banking goes bust: three crashes
  • The US Federal Reserve Bank: origins & toxic legacies
  • Greenspan's bank: the "typhon" monster released
  • Bernanke's bank: Greenspan's "put" on steroids
  • The Bank of Japan: harbinger of things that came
  • The European Central Bank under German hegemony
  • The Bank of England's last hurrah: from QE to brexit
  • The People's Bank of China chases its shadows
  • Yellen's bank: from Taper tantrums to Trump trade
  • Concluding chapter: central bankers at the end of their rope?