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Oracles, Heroes or Villains: Economic Policymakers, National Politicians and the Power to Shape Markets

Autor George E. Shambaugh
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 sep 2019
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde declared central bankers and finance ministers to be the heroes of recent economic crises for taking corrective action while national politicians squabbled. What enabled them to do so? In the wake of Brexit, chaotic trade policies in the United States, and resurgent nationalism around the world, national politicians are quarrelling again, meanwhile the markets are roiling. Can we again depend on economic technocrats to save the day for these national politicians and the rest of us? What happens if they fail or, perhaps worse, go too far? In this timely book, Shambaugh answers these questions using recent economic crises in Argentina, the United States and Europe as case studies for analysing the intersections of power, politics and markets. By specifying the interactions between political uncertainty, market intervention, and investor risk, Shambaugh predicts how economic technocrats manage market behaviour by shifting expectations regarding what national politicians will do and whether their policies will be effective.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108713795
ISBN-10: 1108713793
Pagini: 274
Ilustrații: 43 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Reaching for bazooka; 2. Preferences, power and predictions; 3. The Argentine tango; 4. The Federal Reserve goes political; 5. A Greek tragedy; 6. Managing markets in turbulent times.

Recenzii

'In this fascinating tour de force taking us from Argentina to the United States and to Europe, George Schambaugh describes and analyses with the dexterity of a spy thriller novelist the 'behind the scenes' of the 'dangerous liasions' linking officials and technocrats with senior politicians in the shaping of economic policies in times of domestic and international crises. Those technocrats are actually oracles, heroes, and villains in the domestic and international scene that shapes the international political economy of the last thirty years.' Arie M. Kacowicz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
'Technocrats in national central banks and treasury departments often play key roles as economic policy makers in economic crises. We hear a great deal about them when they have major effects on policy, but not when they don't. But when will they be effective? In Oracles, Heroes, or Villains Prof. Shambaugh creates what he calls a risk intervention curve that helps to answer this question. He argues that effective technocrats are far more political than their reputation suggests, and that their ability to manage risk depends on a combination of this political effectiveness and economic conditions. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in monetary and financial policy-making in times of economic crisis.' J. Samuel Barkin, University of Massachusetts Boston
'Well written and scrupulously researched and documented …' M. H. Lesser, Choice

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Descriere

Explores how central bankers and finance ministers can compensate for political turmoil and manage market behaviour.