Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. ONE THE COLONIES AND THE REVOLUTION 18
5. TWO FINANCING THE NEW NATION 34
6. THREE THE JACKSONIAN ERA AND THE CIVIL WAR 50
7. FOUR THE MONEY QUESTION IN THE POSTBELLUM ERA 70
8. FIVE THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT AND WORLD WAR I 87
9. SIX DEFLATION AND STABILIZATION 106
10. SEVEN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL 128
11. EIGHT WORLD WAR II AND THE OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION 153
12. NINE THE KOREAN WAR AND THE TREASURY- FED ACCORD 172
13. TEN THE GREAT INFLATION 190
14. ELEVEN THE VOLCKER DISINFLATION AND THE GREENSPAN STANDARD 211
15. TWELVE INFLATION TARGETING AND THE GREAT RECESSION 231
16. THIRTEEN THE PANDEMIC AND THE RETURN OF INFLATION 254
17. FOURTEEN LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD 273
18. NOTES 287
19. INDEX 339