This 2005 treatment compares the central banks of Britain and the United States.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the historical experiences of monetary policymaking of the world's largest central banks. Written in celebration of the 350th

A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind describes the role of banking and money in history from ancient times to the present.

Central banks wield extraordinary power, yet most people know little about their evolution or how they help shape the world economy. That's about to change. As

Recounts the emergence of central banking ideas and institutions in US from the formation of the First Bank of the US to the enactment of the Federal Reserve Sy