Monetary Politics

'Monetary Politics is a valuable addition to the literature because of its attention to the monetary side of the political business cycle and for its institutional analysis.' American Political Science Review

• Preface; 1. The Federal Reserve and the politics of monetary policy: introduction and overview; 2. A capsule history of the Federal Reserve system; 3. Recruitment and selection of Federal Reserve personnel; 4. Bankers and the Federal Reserve; 5. Economists and the Federal Reserve; 6. The president and the Federal Reserve; 7. Congress and the Federal Reserve; 8. Making monetary policy in a political environment: the election of 1972; 9. Monetary politics: a summary; Appendixes; Experiences of notable monetarists; Notes; Bibliographic note; Index.