Fed power : how finance wins / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond King.
By: Jacobs, Lawrence R.
Contributor(s): King, Desmond S.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]Description: viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199388967 (hardback).Subject(s): Federal Reserve banks -- History | Banks and banking, Central -- United States -- History | Monetary policy -- United States -- History | Government accountability -- United States -- History | Equality -- United States -- History | Democracy -- United States -- History | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy | POLITICAL SCIENCE / GeneralGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HG2563 .J33 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009486 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-244) and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1: Why Fed Power Matters -- Chapter 2: The Rise of the Fed State -- Chapter 3: Concealed Advantage -- Chapter 4: The Fed's Legitimacy Gap -- Chapter 5: Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis.
"Fed Power reveals how America's central bank undermined democratic accountability and widened economic inequality. It traces the Fed's historic rise to unparalleled power and capacity on domestic policy and its unilateral decisions during the 2008-9 financial crisis to leverage half of the country's net worth to the benefit of finance"--