The Political Economy of Central Banking

Epstein, Gerald

The Political Economy of Central Banking

Gerald Epstein

Abstract: Central banks are among the most powerful government economic institutions in the world. This volume explores the economic and political contours of the struggle for influence over the policies of central banks such as the Federal Reserve, and the implications of this struggle for economic performance and the distribution of wealth and power in society.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9781788978408
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 DOMESTIC STAGFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY: THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND THE HIDDEN ELECTION , pp 2-56: Gerald Epstein
Ch 2 Federal Reserve Behavior and the Limits of Monetary Policy in the Current Economic Crisis , pp 57-66: Gerald Epstein
Ch 3 Trumponomics: Should We Just Say "No"? , pp 67-84: Gerald Epstein
Ch 4 FEDERAL RESERVE POLITICS AND MONETARY INSTABILITY , pp 86-115: Gerald Epstein
Ch 5 THE FEDERAL RESERVE-TREASURY ACCORD AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POSTWAR MONETARY REGIME IN THE UNITED STATES , pp 116-157: Gerald Epstein and Juliet B. Schor
Ch 6 Monetary Policy, Loan Liquidation, and Industrial Conflict: The Federal Reserve and the Open Market Operations of 1932 , pp 158-184: Gerald Epstein and Thomas Ferguson
Ch 7 Corporate profitability as a determinant of restrictive monetary policy: estimates for the postwar United States , pp 185-197: Gerald Epstein and Juliet B. Schor
Ch 8 Contested terrain , pp 199-201: Gerald Epstein
Ch 9 Macropolicy in the Rise and Fall of the Golden Age , pp 202-233: Gerald Epstein and Juliet B. Schor
Ch 10 Political Economy and Comparative Central Banking , pp 234-263: Gerald Epstein
Ch 11 A Political Economy Model of Comparative Central Banking , pp 264-310: Gerald Epstein
Ch 12 Profit squeeze, rentier squeeze and macroeconomic policy under fixed and flexible exchange rates , pp 311-349: Gerald Epstein
Ch 13 The Rise of Rentier Incomes in OECD Countries: Financialization, Central Bank Policy and Labor Solidarity , pp 350-378: Arjun Jayadev and Gerald Epstein
Ch 14 Financialization, rentier interests and central bank policy , pp 380-406: Gerald Epstein
Ch 15 CHAPTER 6 CENTRAL BANKS AS AGENTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , pp 407-425: Gerald Epstein
Ch 16 Developmental central banking: winning the future by updating a page from the past , pp 426-440: Gerald Epstein
Ch 17 Achieving Coherence Between Macroeconomic and Development Objectives , pp 441-452: Gerald Epstein
Ch 18 Have Large Scale Asset Purchases Increased Bank Profits? , pp 454-478: Juan Antonio Montecino and Gerald Epstein
Ch 19 The Politcal Economy of QE and the Fed: Who Gained, Who Lost and Why did it End? , pp 479-503: Juan Antonio Montecino and Gerald Epstein
Ch 20 The impact of quantitative easing on income inequality in the United States , pp 504-514: Gerald Epstein
Ch 21 Statement on Monetary Policy , pp 516-526: Gerald Epstein
Ch 22 Should Congress control the Federal Reserve? , pp 527-533: Robert Pollin and Gerald Epstein
Ch 23 Reforming the Federal Reserve for the 21st Century , pp 534-546: Gerald Epstein

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