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    Central Banking in a Time of Crisis

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    Do the Fed’s efforts to stabilize the economy worsen inequality?The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banking law and the rise of alternative forms of money created outside of the banking system have pushed the Fed to take on more and more responsibilities to ... Read more

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    The Fed Unbound

    Central Banking in a Time of Crisis

    by Lev Menand ...
    Narrated by Mark Deakins ...
    Series series Columbia Global Reports

    Unabridged

    3 hours 51 min

    Do the Fed’s efforts to stabilize the economy worsen inequality?The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banking law and the rise of alternative forms of money created outside of the banking system have pushed the Fed to take on more and more responsibilities to ... Read more

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