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Title: Inflation Targeting by Ben S. Bernanke, Thomas Laubach, Frederic S. Mishkin, Adam S. Posen ISBN: 0-691-05955-1 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 23 November, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Yawn
Comment: I have never been a fan of condensed books for the obvious reason that they leave out content and motivation. This book, however, could be shrunk by 3/4 without any real loss. Yes, there is much in-depth case study information here, but the paper could have been much better used by substituting much of it for some harder, theoretical motivation and analytical discussions. The authors are capable of this. Also, despite the painstaking redundent detail and a few regressions, for me the authors fail to place inflation targeting and inflation targeting countries into the greater context of inflationary policies and countries facing inflation. It surprises me that there is no mention of some of the, especially developing countries, where inflation has been a serious problem and where most battles of the future are likely to be fought.
Rating: 3
Summary: Heavy on the case studies and mildly repetitive.
Comment: An easy to read book for people of all levels. It takes the reader through case studies on the various countries which have introduced inflation targeting. This is interesting from a historical perspective, but since inflation targeting really is a very simple concept (announce an inflation target, describe why you aim to hit this target, make it clear how you shall go about achieving this target and at all times be transparent in your pursuit of that target) the book tends to be repetitive. This book simply goes over too many similar regimes and thus cannot help but cover the same points over again. The last chapter is a study of the U.S. (a rare example of a country with very steady inflation which has not introduced an explicit inflation target) with some recommendations on how (and why) it should implement an inflation target. This book is recommended if you want very indepth case studies on the introduction of inflation targeting in countries as different as Sweden, New Zealand, The U.K. and Australia, but if you only need a quick overview of what inflation targeting is then buy a good general Economics textbook and read the section on it.
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Title: Monetary Policy Rules (Studies in Business Cycles, No. 31.) by John B. Taylor, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Research in Busines ISBN: 0226791254 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Central Banking in Theory and Practice (Lionel Robbins Lectures) by Alan S. Blinder ISBN: 0262522608 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 29 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Essays on the Great Depression by Ben S. Bernanke ISBN: 0691016984 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy (Alvin Hansen Symposium Series on Public Policy) by Robert M. Solow, John B. Taylor ISBN: 0262692228 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 30 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Monetary Theory and Policy : second edition by Carl E. Walsh ISBN: 0262232316 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
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