323 pages
English language
Published July 23, 2009 by Crown Business.
5 stars
(1 review)
In this penetrating look inside the most powerful economic institution in the world, the Federal Reserve, David Wessel illuminates its opaque and undemocratic inner workings, while revealing how its chairman Ben Bernanke led the desperate effort to prevent the world's financial engine from grinding to a halt.
Subjects
- Bernanke, Ben
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
- Banks and banking, Central -- United States
- Financial crises -- United States
- Monetary policy -- United States