Reflections on Allan H. Meltzer's Contributions to Monetary Economics and Public Policy

Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About Allan H. Meltzer -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Making the Rules and Breaking the Mold: Allan Meltzer, 1928-2017 -- Chapter 2: Allan Meltzer and the History of the Federal Reserve -- Chapter 3: Allan Meltzer: How He Underestimated His Own Contribution to the Modern Concept of a Central Bank -- Chapter 4: "They Profess to Fear That for Which They Dare Not Hope": How the Fed Contributed to the Great Depression and the Great Recession by Boosting Banks' Demand for Reserves -- Chapter 5: Allan Meltzer's Model of the Transmission Mechanism and Its Implications for Today -- Chapter 6: The Monetary Base in Allan Meltzer's Analytical Framework -- Chapter 7: Monetary Policy and the Interest Rate: Reflections on Allan Meltzer's Contributions to Monetary Economics -- Chapter 8: Allan Meltzer and the Search for a Nominal Anchor -- Chapter 9: The Meltzer Commission -- Chapter 10: Memories of Allan Meltzer -- Chapter 11: Allan Meltzer's Contributions to Public Policy Thought as Applied to the Federal Reserve -- Chapter 12: Macro Musings: Allan Meltzer -- Published Works of Allan H. Meltzer -- About the Contributors -- Index.