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Author Mee, Simon, 1986- author.

Title Central bank independence and the legacy of the German past / Simon Mee
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 357 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1: In Search of the Reichsbank -- Chapter 2: The Bank deutscher Länder and the Foundation of West Germany, 1948-1951 -- Chapter 3: Adenauer's Challenge: The 'Gürzenich Affair' and the Bank deutscher Länder, 1956-1957 -- Chapter 4: The Shadow of National Socialism: Karl Blessing and the Bundesbank in 1965 -- Chapter 5: The Bundesbank, Social Democracy and the Era of the 'Great Inflation', 1970-19781 In Search of the Reichsbank -- Conclusion
Summary A study of the power struggle between Germany's central bank and the West German government to control monetary policy in the post-war era
"The 2008 financial crisis led to more and more frequent political attacks on central banks. The recent spotlight on central bank independence is reminiscent of the fiery debates amongst Germany's political elites in 1949 on the same issue; debates that were sparked by the establishment of West Germany in that year. Simon Mee shows how, with the establishment of West Germany's central bank - today's Deutsche Bundesbank - the country's monetary history became a political football, as central bankers, politicians, industrialists and trade unionists all vied for influence over the legal provisions that set out the remit of the future monetary authority. The author reveals how a specific version of inter-war history, one that stresses the lessons learned from Germany's periods of inflation, was weaponised and attached to a political, contemporary argument for an independent central bank. The book challenges assumptions around the evolution of central bank independence with continued relevance today."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Banks and banking, Central -- Germany -- History
Monetary policy -- Germany -- History
Banks and banking, Central
Economic history
Economic policy
Monetary policy
SUBJECT Germany -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054499
Germany -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054493
Subject Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1108607128
9781108607124
9781108759601
1108759602