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Informationen zum Autor John Singleton is Reader in Economic History at Victoria University of Wellington. His previous publications include Innovation and Independence: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 1973–2002 (2006). Klappentext Investigates the evolution and proliferation of central banks and the profession of central banking during the past century. Zusammenfassung Central banking has proliferated and radically changed over the past century. John Singleton here explains how and why this evolution has taken place and! in doing so! demonstrates that an understanding of these changes is essential to explaining the role of central banks in the recent global financial crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A beginner's guide to central banking; 2. Very boring guys?; 3. Wind in the willows: the small world of central banking c.1900; 4. Something for everyone: new central banks, 1900-39; 5. A series of disasters: central banking, 1914-39; 6. The mysteries of central bank cooperation; 7. The first central banking revolution; 8. No time for cosmic thinkers: central banking in the 'Keynesian' era; 9. Rekindling central bank cooperation in the Bretton Woods era; 10. The goose that lays the golden egg: central banking in developing countries; 11. The horse of inflation; 12. The second central banking revolution: independence and accountability; 13. Reputations at stake: financial deregulation and instability; 14. Inflation targeting: the Holy Grail?; 15. The long march to European monetary integration; 16. A world with half a million central bankers.
