The Great Debate on Banking Reform : Nelson Aldrich and the Origins of the Fed /

The Great Debate on Banking Reform : Nelson Aldrich and the Origins of the Fed /

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"Eminent historian of economics Elmus Wicker examines the events which spurred a series of banking panics beginning in 1893-94, that led to the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank twenty years later. A serious lacuna exists in the literature on the origins of the Federal Reserve System. W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wicker, Elmus
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) > History.
Monetary policy.
Banks and banking.
Banking law.
Politique monetaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Banques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Banks and banking > United States > History.
Banking law > United States.
Monetary policy > United States > History.
Aldrich, Nelson W. > (Nelson Wilmarth), > 1841-1915.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The great debate : an overview
  • Recent literature revisited
  • The quest for an asset-based currency, 1894-1908
  • The Aldrich-Vreeland Act
  • Jekyll Island and the Aldrich Bill
  • The Glass Bill
  • The Aldrich and Glass-Owen Bills compared
  • Theoretical underpinnings
  • Epilogue.

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