000 01265cam a2200253 i 4500
020 _a9780199388967 (hardback)
082 0 0 _a332.1/10973
100 1 _aJacobs, Lawrence R.
245 1 0 _aFed power :
260 _bOxford University Press
_c2016
300 _aviii, 252 pages :
_billustrations ;
505 8 _aMachine 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.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aFederal Reserve banks
650 0 _aBanks and banking, Central
650 0 _aMonetary policy
650 0 _aGovernment accountability
650 0 _aEquality
650 0 _aDemocracy
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
700 1 _aKing, Desmond S.
942 _cBK
999 _c2876
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