Do they walk on water?
Subtitle: Federal Reserve chairmen and the Fed
By: Leonard J. Santow.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780313360336
Subjects: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) -- Evaluation; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) -- Officials and employees; Monetary policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage; title: Monetary policy around the world; title: The Fed and its policies; title: Four decades of data that tell a story; title: The five recent chairmen: an overview; title: Arthur Burns: February 1, 1970 - January 31, 1978; title: G. William Miller: March 8, 1978 - August 6, 1979; title: Paul Volcker: August 6, 1979 - August 11, 1987; title: Alan Greenspan: August 11, 1987 - January 31, 2006; title: Ben S. Bernanke: from February 1, 2006; title: The need for preventive regulation.