Economist in an Uncertain World - Arthur F. Burns and the Federal Reserve, 1970-1978

Informationen zum Autor Wyatt Wells Klappentext As the Chairman of the powerful Federal Reserve Board during most of the 1970s! Burns presided over what many see as the demise of the postwar economic order. Wells goes beyond demonstrating that Burns greatly influenced the ways that Americans dealt with the crises of the 1970s to posit that an examination of Burns' tenure helps to explain the U.S. economy today. Zusammenfassung Posits that an examination of Burns' tenure as the Chairman of the powerful Federal Reserve Board during most of the 1970s helps to explain the U.S. economy today.

Product details

• Authors: Wyatt Wells, Wyatt C. Wells
• Assisted by: Arthur F. Burns (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1994
• EAN: 9780231084963
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08496-3
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History; Columbia Studies in Contempora; Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, Economic history, United States of America, USA, Biography: business and industry, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980