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21st Century Monetary Policy

The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19

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21st Century Monetary Policy

By: Ben S. Bernanke
Narrated by: George Guidall
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About this listen

A former chair of the Federal Reserve explains the transformation of one our most powerful and consequential institutions.

In response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks worldwide have deployed tools that past policymakers and economists might have considered radical. Programs like large-scale securities purchases and a new policy framework remain a source of confusion for investors, journalists, and ordinary citizens alike. Twenty-First Century Monetary Policy demystifies these opaque techniques to reveal how economic ideas, historical events, and political forces have transformed the Fed’s policies over several decades. From the stagflation of the 1970s to the Great Recession and the recent pandemic, Ben S. Bernanke masterfully examines how the Fed’s policies—and the institution itself—may change as it grapples with persistently low interest rates, systemic financial risk, rapid technological change, and polarized politics. With unparalleled depth of expertise and robust historical sweep, Twenty-First Century Monetary Policy is a must-listen for anyone interested in understanding modern finance, investments, or U.S. economic policy.

©2022 Ben Bernanke (P)2022 Recorded Books Politics & Government Banking

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Not interesting. not very great narrator. This book seems to me was listening boring news.

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bad pronunciation from narrator, it's hard to distinguish words, like sticky lips, down mood when listening to this voice

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This is a good book on monetary policy by noneother than Ben Bernanke, the former head of the Federal Reserve. This audiobook is not just a good overview of the history of the Federal Reserve, discussing a range of central bankers such as Alan Greenspan and Paul Volker, it is also a good audiobook explaining a number of dimensions of monetary policy such as Bagehot's dictum and the effectiveness of central bank independence. With that said, and with great sadness, this audiobook is ruined by the poor quality of the narrator. It is hard to decipher what he is saying and he sounds like someone who has had one too many cigarettes. The volume is also inconsistent, particularly at Chapter 13. I would recommend buying the physical book and give this audiobook a miss simply because of the bad narrator.

Good book on monetary policy. Poor narrator.

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