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  • The Federal Reserve

    A New History

    "An ambitious history . . . [Hetzel's] book is a very important contribution to the literature on the history of U.S. monetary policy." ― EH.netIn The Federal Reserve: A New History, Robert L. Hetzel draws on more than forty years of experience as an economist in the central bank to trace the influences of the Fed on the American economy. Comparing periods in which the Fed stabilized the economy ... Read more

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  • The Great Recession

    Market Failure or Policy Failure?

    Series series Studies in Macroeconomic History
    Since publication of Hetzel's The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve (Cambridge University Press, 2008), the intellectual consensus that had characterized macroeconomics has disappeared. That consensus emphasized efficient markets, rational expectations and the efficacy of the price system in assuring macroeconomic stability. The 2008–9 recession not only destroyed the professional consensus ... Read more

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  • The Globalizers

    The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers

    by Ngaire Woods ...
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    The IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They have not done this out of pure economic zeal. Politics and their own rules and habits explain much of why they have presented globalization as a solution to challenges they have faced in the world economy.—from the ... Read more

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  • From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond

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  • The Prudent Investor's Guide to Owning Gold

    by Austin Pryor ...
    This primer will give you everything you need to know rather than everything there is to know about gold and inflation. From the birth of money to current gold investment vehicles, The Prudent Investor's Guide to Owning Gold is a great guide for those interested in investing in the most famous of precious metals. Furthermore, it will likely prompt concern with where the dollar is headed as it ... Read more

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  • Ben Bernanke's Fed

    The Federal Reserve After Greenspan

    Ben Bernanke's swearing in as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006 marked the end of Alan Greenspan's long, legendary career. To date, the new chair has garnered mixed reviews. Business economists see him as the best-qualified successor to Greenspan, while many traders and investors worry that he's too academic for the job. Meanwhile, many ordinary Americans do not even know who he is.How will ... Read more

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  • Risk Management for Central Banks and Other Public Investors

    Domestic and foreign financial assets of all central banks and public wealth funds worldwide are estimated to have reached more than 12 trillion US dollars in 2007. How do these institutions manage such unprecedented growth in their financial assets and how have they responded to the 'revolution' of risk management techniques during the last two decades? This book surveys the fundamental issues ... Read more

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  • Mario Monti's Impossible Mission

    For TIME magazine picturing an Italian guy on the front cover of its international edition, with no disparaging intentions, is a rare event by itself and one of great pride for us, who are the man’s fellow citizens. Our pleasure reaches the climax when we find out the person in the picture is our Premier and the caption is: Can this man save Europe? Mind you: Europe, not Italy, as one could expect ... Read more

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  • Revitalizing Securitization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Europe

    Series Book 15 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for a disproportionate share of output and employment in Europe but are still highly dependent on bank finance, which dried up or became prohibitively expensive during the crisis. Broader access to alternative, long-term finance through securitization would limit their exposure to banking sector difficulties and thus help revive credit. The SDN ... Read more

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  • Institutional Models for Macroprudential Policy

    Series Book 11 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
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