https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Why-Central-Bankers-Should-Read-Economic-History https://booksandideas.net/Why-Central-Bankers-Should-Read-Economic-History 2021-02-08T08:00:00Z text/html en Éric Monnet Economy crisis central bank banks debt history Books and ideas originals <p>How can economic policy-makers use economic history as a guide for their deliberations and decisions? Focusing on the case of central banking, this essay argues that the virtue of history is not only to improve economic models and quantitative studies, but to provide a perspective distinct from standard economic reasoning.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-ECB-A-Democratic-Problem-for-Europe https://booksandideas.net/The-ECB-A-Democratic-Problem-for-Europe 2015-04-30T05:30:00Z text/html en Clément Fontan Economy democracy Europe crisis central bank <p>During the eurozone crisis, the European Central Bank (<span class="caps">ECB</span>) did not just respond to the risks of financial instability; it also expanded its influence over the economic governance of the European countries and increased its authority in the area of banking supervision. This situation is problematic with regard to the democratic balance of power in Europe.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Monetarist-History-of-the-Fed https://booksandideas.net/A-Monetarist-History-of-the-Fed 2010-10-11T09:29:44Z text/html en Éric Monnet Economy History United States of America la suite droite central bank <span class="caps">FMSH</span> monetarism <p>Economist Allan Meltzer has written a two-volume history of the American central bank that is both a treasure trove of new source material and a second great monetarist historical manifesto.</p>