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7 - Politics on the Road to the U.S. Monetary Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

By
Peter L. Rousseau
Edited by
Owen F. Humpage
Owen F. Humpage
Affiliation:
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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Current Federal Reserve Policy Under the Lens of Economic History
Essays to Commemorate the Federal Reserve System's Centennial
 , pp. 151 - 173
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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