Evolution of Central Banks

Name: Evolution of Central Banks
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ISBN: 9780262570732

ISBN-10: 0262570734

ISBN-13: 9780262570732

Edition: 1988

Authors: Charles A. Goodhart

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The Evolution of Central Banks employs a wide range of historical evidence and reassesses current monetary analysis to argue that the development of non-profit-maximizing and noncompetitive central banks to supervise and regulate the commercial banking system fulfils a necessary and natural function. Goodhart surveys the case for free banking, examines the key role of the clearing house in the evolution of the central bank, and investigates bank expansion and fluctuation in the context of the clearing house mechanism. He concludes that it is the noncompetitive aspect of the central bank that is crucial to the performance of its role. Goodhart addresses the questions of deposit insurance…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/16/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 218
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Case for Free Banking



The Key Role of the Clearinghouse



Bank Expansion and Fluctuation



Information Inadequacy Leading to the Emergence of "Clubs"



Private Insurance?



Why Banks Need a Central Bank



Summary and Conclusions


Appendix: Central Banks in Europe and Japan at the End of the Nineteenth Century


Notes


Bibliography


Index