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
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis
Banks and banking, Central
Banks and banking, Central History United States
Democracy
Democracy History United States
Equality
Equality History United States
Federal Reserve banks
Federal Reserve banks History
Government accountability
Government accountability History United States
Monetary policy History United States
Monetary policy United States History
POLITICAL SCIENCE General
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Economic Policy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
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