Monetary Policy in the United States (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Richard H. Timberlake

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In this extensive history of U.S. monetary policy, Richard H. Timberlake chronicles the intellectual, political, and economic developments that prompted the use of central banking institutions to regulate the monetary systems.
After describing the constitutional principles that the Founding Fathers laid down to prevent state and federal governments from printing money. Timberlake shows how the First and Second Banks of the United States gradually assumed the central banking powers that were originally denied them. Drawing on congressional debates, government documents, and other primary sources, he analyses the origins and constitutionality of the greenbacks and examines the evolution of clearinghouse associations as private lenders of last resort. He completes this history with a study of the legislation that fundamentally changed the power and scope of the Federal Reserve System--the Banking Act of 1935 and the Monetary Control Act of 1980.
Writing in nontechnical language, Timberlake demystifies two centuries of monetary policy. He concludes that central banking has been largely a series of politically inspired government-serving actions that have burdened the private economy.

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Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1993
First published:	November 1993
Authors:	Richard H. Timberlake
Dimensions:	228 x 158 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	528
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-80384-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > Monetary economics Promotions
LSN:	0-226-80384-8
Barcode:	9780226803845