Mallaby, Sebastian

Summary: Traces the life and career of one of the most important economic statesmen of the modern era, describing the array of business and government positions that led to his chairmanship of the Federal Reserve and how the financial crisis of 2008 damaged his reputation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GREENSPAN, ALAN MAL

Dreilinger, Danielle

Summary: "The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.92 DRE

Greenspan, Alan

Summary: The former Federal Reserve Board chairman reveals the financial close call that nearly resulted in an economic disaster after September 11, his efforts to safeguard American interests, and the personal and educational history that informed his choices.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.11092 GRE

Perkins, John

Summary: John Perkins' job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the United States -- from Indonesia to Panama -- to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U.S. corportations, such as Halliburton.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2005

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.042 PER

Hilsenrath, Jon

Summary: Chronicling the past fifty years of American economic and social upheaval, an award-winning economics writer examines what happened, viewing events through the experiences of two historic figures: Janet Yellen, Treasury Secretary, Federal Reserve Chairwoman, and Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and her husband, George Akerlof, an imaginative Nobel prize-winning economist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 YELLEN, JANET HIL

Mills, Stephanie

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SWANN, BOB MIL

Lutes, Della T. (Della Thompson)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.973 LUT

Volcker, Paul A

Summary: As chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987), Paul Volcker slayed the inflation dragon that was consuming the American economy and restored the world's faith in central bankers. That extraordinary feat was just one pivotal episode in a decades-long career serving six presidents. Told with wit, humor, and down-to-earth erudition, the narrative of Volcker's career illuminates the changes that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VOLCKER, PAUL A VOL

Greenspan, Alan

Summary: Alan Greenspan shares the story of his life with an eye toward doing justice to the extraordinary amount of history that he has experienced and shaped. One of his goals is to draw readers along the same learning curve he followed, so that they gain a grasp of his own understanding of the underlying dynamics that drive world events. The book is a distillation of a life's worth of wisdom and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 332.11092 GRE