A Century of Monetary Policy at the Fed

A Century of Monetary Policy at the Fed
Author: David E. Lindsey
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2016-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137578599

In this narrative history, David E. Lindsey gives the reader a ringside seat to a century of policies at the US Federal Reserve. Alternating between broad historical strokes and deep dives into the significance of monetary issues and developments, Lindsey offers a fascinating look into monetary policymaking from the Fed's inception in 1913 to today. Lindsey's three decades of service on the Federal Reserve Board staff allow him to combine the heft of scholarship with an insider's perspective on how the recent chairmen's and current chairwoman's personalities and singular visions have shaped policy choices with far-reaching consequences. He critiques the performances of Chairman Ben Bernanke and Vice Chair Janet Yellen during the prelude, outbreak, and aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, situating them in the context of the Fed's century-long history. He also quantitatively explores an alternative to the conventional New-Keynesian theory of inflation, replacing so-called "rational expectations" with the Fed's inflation objective. This unique volume is a piece of living history that has much to offer economists and monetary policy and finance professionals.

The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim

The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim
Author: Mitch Horowitz
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-01-23
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1722520035

What do you want most out of life? If you can answer that question with complete integrity and clarity, you are at the starting point of greatness. In his classic guides Think and Grow Rich and The Law of Success, motivational pioneer Napoleon Hill taught that finding your Definite Chief Aim is the most decisive and important step you can take in life. In this compelling and eminently practical “master class,” acclaimed historian and New Thought author Mitch Horowitz takes you for a deep dive inside Napoleon Hill’s most urgent principle. Through concrete techniques and examples, Mitch shows you how to identify your true aim, refine and act on it, and overcome setbacks. One of today’s most literate voices in self-help, MITCH HOROWITZ is a PEN Award-winning historian and the author of books including Occult America; The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality and One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life. Mitch has written on everything from the war on witches to the secret life of Ronald Reagan for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, and Time. The Washington Post says Mitch “treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today’s raised-voice discussions.” Mitch is a monthly columnist for Science of Mind magazine, and the voice of audio books including Alcoholics Anonymous and The Jefferson Bible.

The Internet

The Internet
Author: Felix von Keudell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2013
Genre:
ISBN: 3848254530

The Price of Politics

The Price of Politics
Author: Bob Woodward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 614
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1471133877

Based on 18 months of reporting, Woodward's 17th book is an intimate, documented examination of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition over three and one half years. Drawn from memos, contemporaneous meeting notes, emails and in-depth interviews with the central players, THE PRICE OF POLITICS addresses the key issue of the presidential and congressional campaigns: the condition of the American economy and how and why we got there. Providing verbatim, day-by-day, even hour-by-hour accounts, the book shows what really happened, what drove the debates, negotiations and struggles that define, and will continue to define, the American future.

Benjamin

Benjamin
Author: Malcolm N. Bernstein
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2014-07-09
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1460229916

**All net proceeds from the sale of this book will go to animal shelters and to education on responsible pet ownership** As all dog lovers know, a pet dog's main purpose in life is to give its owners unconditional love. Those fortunate enough to have a pet like Benjamin also know this love comes with boundless energy, goodness, innocence, incredible intelligence and lots of great and often humorous stories. Benjamin chronicles the life of one dearly beloved pet's journey through life with his humans. This book is the cornerstone of The Benjamin Project, an educational and fundraising initiative in Benjamin's memory (www.thebenjaminproject.ca). The vision for the Project includes a children's picture book; a lesson plan and materials for one hour of classroom time at some point in the grade school curriculum about 'Rescues' and the joys and responsibilities of pet ownership; an educational app for people of all ages; a casual and fun clothing line; and an army of advocates for the Benjamins of the world such as dogs, cats, horses and endangered species. "Our task must be to free ourselves ... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty." - Albert Einstein...

The Antidote

The Antidote
Author: Barry Werth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451655665

In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America's most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Journalist Barry Werth described the company's tumultuous early days during the AIDS crisis in The Billion-Dollar Molecule, a celebrated classic of science and business journalism. Now he returns to tell the story of Vertex's bold endurance and eventual success. The pharmaceutical business is America's toughest and one of its most profitable. It's riskier and more rigorous at just about every stage than any other business, from the towering biological uncertainties inherent in its mission to treat disease; to the 30-to-1 failure rate in bringing out a successful medicine; to the multibillion-dollar cost of ramping up a successful product; to operating in the world's most regulated industry, matched only by nuclear power. Werth captures the full scope of Vertex's 25-year drive to deliver breakthrough medicines.--From publisher description.

When Did We All Become Middle Class?

When Did We All Become Middle Class?
Author: Martin Nunlee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-08-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317223098

In When Did We All Become Middle Class?, Martin Nunlee discusses how a lack of class identity gives people a false sense of their relationship to power, which has made the US population accept the myth that they live in a meritocracy. This book examines social class within the framework of psychological tendencies, everyday interactions, institutions and pervasive cultural ideas to show how Americans have shifted from general concerns of social and economic equality to fragmented interests groups. Written in a conversational style, this book is a useful tool for undergraduate courses covering social class, such as inequality, stratification, poverty, and social problems.

The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology

The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology
Author: Kevin M. Beaver
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2014-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483322653

The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology: On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality takes a contemporary approach to address the sociological and the biological positions of human behavior by allowing preeminent scholars in criminology to speak to the effects of each on a range of topics. Kevin M. Beaver, J.C. Barnes, and Brian B. Boutwell aim to facilitate an open and honest debate between the more traditional criminologists who focus primarily on environmental factors and contemporary biosocial criminologists who examine the interplay between biology/genetics and environmental factors.