Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression

The Myth of Benjamin Strong as Decisive Leader

• Author(s): M. Toma,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Pages: 214
• ISBN_10: 1137372540
  ISBN_13: 9781137372543
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics , Business & Economics / Money & Monetary Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Business & Economics / Economics / Microeconomics , Business & Economics / Economic History , Business & Economics / Economics / Theory , Political Science / Political Economy , Business & Economics / Economics / General ,

Description:... Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression challenges Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz's now consensus view that the high tide of the Federal Reserve System in the 1920s was due to the leadership skills of Benjamin Strong, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.