Description
This compelling work recounts the fierce political and financial struggle that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve between the Panic of 1907 and the passage of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. It brings to life the bankers, reformers, presidents, and politicians whose competing visions shaped America’s new central banking system, challenging the notion that its founding was inevitable. Along the way, it explores debates over Wall Street, monetary power, populism, and the proper role of government in stabilizing the nation’s economy. Written with clarity and vivid historical detail, the book transforms a complex chapter in financial history into a dramatic account of America’s emergence as a global economic power.
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hardcover
Penguin
Published Jan 1, 2015
355 pages
ISBN: 9781594205491
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
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