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America's bank the epic struggle to create the Federal Reserve

Chronicles the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that created the Federal Reserve, tracing the financial panic and widespread distrust of bankers that prompted the landmark 1913 Federal Reserve Act and launched America's first steps onto the world financial stage.

Main Author: Lowenstein, Roger (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Hays, Sara Light tribute.
United States. > Federal Reserve Board.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Federal Reserve banks > History.
Banks and banking, Central > United States > History.
Monetary policy > United States > History.
Summary: Chronicles the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that created the Federal Reserve, tracing the financial panic and widespread distrust of bankers that prompted the landmark 1913 Federal Reserve Act and launched America's first steps onto the world financial stage.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 1594205493
9781594205491
Author Notes: Roger Lowenstein, author of the bestselling Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, reported for The Wall Street Journal for over a decade and wrote the stock-market column "Heard on the Street" from 1989 to 1991 and the "Intrinsic Value" column from 1995 to 1997. He now writes a column in SmartMoney magazine and has written for The New York Times and The New Republic, among other publications. He has three children and lives in Westfield, New Jersey.

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