"In Central Bank Governance and Oversight Reform, the distinguished contributors tackle this and a range of other key questions surrounding the balance of central bank authority with accountability and constraints. They discuss the conflicting public attitudes towards the Fed. The authors...

"Michael D. Bordo argues for the importance of monetary stability and monetary rules, offering theoretical, empirical, and historical perspectives to support his case. He shows how the pursuit of stable monetary policy guided by central banks following rule-like behavior produces low and stable...

Think long / George P. Shultz -- Policy principles : lessons from the Fed's past / Allan H. Meltzer -- The market view : incentives matter / Peter Fisher -- Monetary policy in the financial crisis / Donald Kohn -- Concerns about the Fed's new balance sheet / James D. Hamilton -- The need for a...

The domestic landscape / Michael J. Boskin -- In brief : spending / George P. Shultz -- Entitlements and the budget / John F. Cogan -- A blueprint for tax reform / Michael J. Boskin -- Transformational health care reform / Scott W. Atlas -- Reforming regulation / Michael J. Boskin -- National...

What caused the financial crisis -- What prolonged the crisis -- Why the crisis worsened dramatically a year after it began -- What went right in the two decades before the crisis -- Why a black swan landed in the money market in August 2007