The Fed Chair'S Power: Booms, Busts, Deregulation
Histories of the Federal Reserve, the chair's outsized authority, and the monetary and deregulatory choices that fueled late-century booms and the 2008 collapse.
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Lords of FinanceLiaquat AhamedLords of Finance provides a sweeping history of central bankers whose decisions shaped global crises, offering...Shelf signal: Economic History
America's BankRoger LowensteinAmerica's Bank is a detailed history of the Federal Reserve that explains how the institution accumulated the power...Shelf signal: Banks & Banking
Too Big to FailWilliam Hughes, Andrew Ross SorkinToo Big to Fail gives an inside account of the 2008 crisis that contextualizes criticism of Fed policy and regulatory...Shelf signal: Economic History
Exorbitant PrivilegeBarry EichengreenExorbitant Privilege explains the dollar's global role and international constraints that shaped U.S. monetary choices...Shelf signal: Money & Monetary Policy
The Lords of Easy MoneyChristopher LeonardThe Lords of Easy Money examines modern Fed policy and institutional dynamics that continued the era of easy credit...Shelf signal: Money & Monetary Policy
Invest With the Fed: Maximizing Portfolio Performance by Following Federal Reserve PolicyRobert R. Johnson, Gerald R. JensenInvest With the Fed illustrates how Fed signals influence markets and why the chair's policy stance can have wide...Shelf signal: Money & Monetary Policy