In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, investors and the electorate alike are seeking clarity on a wide range of macro policy issues that will impact the economy and markets in the years ahead. The primary goal of this book is to provide an objective source for investors to learn...

The extensive monetary policy of central banks during the Great Recession has re-newed the interest in the relation between (possibly) non-neutral money and wealth and income inequality. In this work, a dynamic general equilibrium model approach is used to study the effects of an inflation rate...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The US financial system from the National Banking Act to the crisis of 2007 -- Chapter 3: The birth of the Federal reserve and its monetary policy -- Chapter 4: Non bank financial intermediaries and the crisis of 1929 -- Chapter 5: The Great Depression --...

1. A Retrospective on the 2008 Global Financial Crisis- Robert Z Aliber and Gylfi Zoega -- Part I: The Source of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- 2. The Financial Alchemy that Failed- Marcus Miller -- 3. Prudential Regulation and Capital Controls- Michael Dooley -- 4. Three Grand State...

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Rationale of Central Banks -- 2 Governance Structure of Central Banks.-3 Public Governance of Central Banks -- 4 Governance of Monetary Policy -- 5 Ownership of Prudential Policy -- 6 Role of Central Banks in Financial Crisis Management -- 7 Scope and...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. From War Financier to Bankers’ Bank -- Chapter 3. Central Banks under the Gold Standard -- Chapter 4. The Federal Reserve: A Unique Institution -- Chapter 5. From War to War: 1914-1939 -- Chapter 6. Post-war Progress: 1946-1960 -- Chapter 7. The 1960s:...

Part-1: Introductory Chapter -- chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Literature Review -- Chapter 3: Methodology.-Part-2: Theory of crowd out and accommodative monetary policy -- Chapter 4: Theory of Crowd Out and Accommodative Monetary Policy -- chapter 5: A Simplified Balance Sheet View of...

1. The Phillips Curve: what went wrong -- 2. An alternative theory of consumption -- 3. The post-crisis Phillips Curve: cumulative wage gap vs. inflation gap -- 4. Empirical evidence -- 5. Policy implications.