The spectre of price inflation / Max Gillman.
Publisher: Newcastle Upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2023Description: xiii, 247 pages : illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781788212373; 9781788212366.Subject(s): Inflation (Finance) | Monetary policyDDC classification: 332.41Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Brougham Room, Principal Floor | Book Display | 332.41 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021228 |
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I. Innocence : when principles guided policy -- Drs Fisher and Friedman and no inflation -- The rise of inflation -- The end of metal for money -- War, peace, deflation and recession -- Seigniorage versus hyperinflation -- Blaming the victim -- Inflation and unemployment -- II. Ignominy : central banks, insurance and inflation -- The rise of central banks -- Fractured insurance -- Bank failure and crisis -- The problem of excess reserves -- Giving away the inflation tax -- III. Purgatory : capital markets, interest and inflation -- Fed price fixing -- A plague of negative interest rates -- Shifting money demand -- The new usury prohibition -- Money, inflation and banking reform.