|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910807241503321 |
|
|
Autore |
Bremner Robert P. <1940-> |
|
|
Titolo |
Chairman of the Fed : William McChesney Martin, Jr., and the creation of the modern American financial system / / Robert P. Bremner |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-281-72970-1 |
9786611729707 |
0-300-12779-0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (1 online resource (vi, 357 p.) ) : ill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Government economists - United States |
United States Economic policy 1945-1960 |
United States Economic policy 1961-1971 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-344) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Who Was Bill Martin? -- 1. A Family of Substance -- 2. Into the Maelstrom -- 3. Cleaning the Augean Stables of Capitalism -- 4. From President to Private and Back Again -- 5. From Crisis to Crisis -- 6. By Fits and Starts -- 7. Trying to Manage Prosperity -- 8. Gunfight on the New Frontier -- 9. Sowing the Wind -- 10. Reaping the Whirlwind -- 11. Passing the Torch -- 12. The Public Private Citizen -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
This is the first biography of William McChesney Martin, Jr. (1906-1998), the first paid president of the New York Stock Exchange and the chairman of the Federal Reserve System under Presidents Truman to Nixon. The extent of Martin's influence on the course of American economic history was significant: arguably he has done more to strengthen and reform the nation's most important financial institutions than has any other individual. Chairman of the Fed tells Martin's fascinating life story and explains his lasting impact on the NYSE and the Fed, both troubled institutions that Martin transformed. The book provides an inside look into the economic deliberations of |
|
|
|
|