| Description |
x, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 41 |
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; 41.
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| Contents |
List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- pt. I. Fiscal policy -- 2. Interests : a history of tax conflicts -- The Magna Carta -- Ship-money -- The Glorious Revolution -- Contracts and commitments -- The Stamp Act : taxation without representation -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- The whiskey and other tax rebellions in the early United States -- Tariffs -- The missile gap? -- Conclusion -- 3. Ideas : theories of stabilization policy -- The transmission of ideas -- The General Theory -- Acceptance and rejection -- The possibility of macroeconomic policy -- 4. Practice : the stability of federal government deficits -- Popular explanations of the persistent deficits -- An alternative explanation : military spending with tax smoothing -- Was Keynesianism ever practiced? -- pt. II. Monetary policy -- 5. The interests and institutions of monetary policy -- The Bank of England, 1694-1914 -- The banks of the United States -- The Independent Treasury -- Foundations of the Federal Reserve -- Conclusion -- 6. Knowledge, advice, and monetary policy -- Sources and limits of knowledge -- Ideas, experience, and action -- An economist's lament : 'what trade-offs?' -- Economists, bureaucracies, and policymakers -- Who's crazy? -- Policymakers and the public -- 7. The stability of monetary policy : the Federal Reserve, 1914-2007 -- The Fed's variable reputation -- What they knew in 1914 -- The Fed's model -- Qualifications -- Estimates -- A new theory -- Conclusion -- pt. III. Conclusion -- 8. It's interests after all -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-212) and index. |
| Subject |
Fiscal policy -- United States.
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Monetary policy -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780415777186 (hbk.) |
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0415777186 (hbk.) |
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9780203883563 (eb) |
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020388356X (eb) |
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