The bankers' panic of 1907 -- The Emergency Currency Act -- Financial heterodoxy gains ground -- Central banking and agricultural credit -- From armistice to depression -- The 1930s banking crisis -- The Emergency Banking act -- The Banking Act of 1933 -- Government programs and mutual aid --...

Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction. Politics and the Markets They Made -- Part I. Lawmakers and Regulators -- Chapter 1. Deregulation Before Deregulation: John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and James Saxon -- Chapter 2. Supermarket Banks:...

"Does too much competition in banking hurt society? What policies can best protect and stabilize banking without stifling it? Institutional responses to such questions have evolved over time, from interventionist regulatory control after the Great Depression to the liberalization policies that...