Ben Bernanke's Fed: the Federal Reserve after Greenspan
Author: Harris, Ethan S. Publisher: Harvard Business Press, 2008.Language: EnglishDescription: 237 p. : Graphs/Ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781422125847Type of document: BookBibliography/Index: Includes bibliographical references and index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Ben Bernanke's Fed The Federal Reserve After Greenspan Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 It's All About the Benjamin An Early Look at the New Fed Chairman 1 PART I BERNANKE'S BACKDROP The Federal Reserve's Role in the Economy 2 How the World Works A Brief Course in Macroeconomics 13 3 Secrets of the Temple Demystifying the Fed 27 4 Declaration of Independence The Political Economy of Central Banking 37 5 Blowing Smoke The Fed's Evolving Communication Strategy 51 PART II BERNANKE'S BENCHMARK The Shadow of Alan Greenspan 6 Greenspan, an Enviable Record Greenspan's Successes as Fed Chairman 7 Greenspan, to Err Is Human The Downside of Greenspan's Chairmanship 61 73 PART III BERNANKE'S BELIEFS How Bernanke's Life Work Shapes His Policies 8 Constrained Discretion Bernanke's Quest for an Inflation Target 95 9 Depression Obsession How the Great Depression Informs Bernanke's Thinking 113 10 Glasnost Democracy Comes to the Fed 127 11 Zen and the Art of Monetary Maintenance The Fed's New Communication Style 141 12 See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil The Policy Response to an Asset Market Bubble 147 13 Radical Risk Management A New Policy Focus for the Fed 159 PART IV BERNANKE'S BEGINNING The Early Report Card 14 Murphy's Law New Fed Chairmen Always Seem to Face a Tough Environment 167 15 Pressure Cooker Bernanke's Performance in His First Two Years 181 Conclusion Can He Walk the Walk? The Outlook for the Bernanke Fed 203 Notes Index About the author 211 229 237
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