Money and banks in the American political system /

Lavelle, Kathryn C.

Money and banks in the American political system / Kathryn C. Lavelle. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013. - xxi, 306 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index.

The institutional foundations of financial politics in the US -- Developing state capacity for the conduct of American finance -- Creating increasingly complex financial products -- Making financial policy in Congress -- Making financial policy in the Executive branch and the Federal bureaucracy -- Making financial policy in the Federal Reserve system -- The process in motion: political institutions, money, and the business cycle -- The process approaches collapse: politics in the financial crisis of 2008 -- The process in its international context: politics in international institutions -- Governing the us financial system.

9781107028043 (hbk.) 9781107609167 (pbk.)

2012024939


Finance--Political aspects--United States.
Financial institutions--United States.
Banks and banking--United States.
Financial crises--United States.
Monetary policy--United States.


United States--Economic policy.

HG181 / .L28 2013

332.10973

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