Money and banks in the American political system / Kathryn C Lavelle

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index

The institutional foundations of financial politics in the US -- Developing state capacity for the conduct of American finance -- Creating increasingly complex financial products -- Making financial policy in Congress -- Making financial policy in the Executive branch and the Federal bureaucracy -- Making financial policy in the Federal Reserve system -- The process in motion: political institutions, money, and the business cycle -- The process approaches collapse: politics in the financial crisis of 2008 -- The process in its international context: politics in international institutions -- Governing the us financial system.