Title: Monetary policy and the great inflation in the United States
Subtitle: the Federal Reserve and the failure of macroeconomic policy, 1965-1979
First published: 1999
Description: This unique book deals with the most serious macroeconomic failure experienced in the US in the post-war period, the great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of the thinking behind the inflationary monetary policy during this period. Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States will be welcomed by economists, political scientists and economic historians interested in monetary policy.
Subjects: Economic policy, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), History, Monetary policy, Inflation (Finance), Monetary policy, united states, United states, economic policy, 1961-1971, United states, economic policy, 1971-1981
Places: United States
Time periods: 1971-1981, 1961-1971
LC classification: HG539 .M39 1999