Book reviews
A feast of books on the crisis
Robert Pringle and Hugh Sandeman review the first wave of books on the current global financial crisis
REVIEW: Central Banking in a Free Society
The crisis has shown the need for privately-owned central banks, says Tim Congdon, a monetary economist, in a new book.
An American libertarian
In his recently published memoirs, Alan Greenspan presents an impassioned defence of American capitalism and outlines his fears of over-regulation of financial markets, argues David Mayes
Central banks and the challenge of development
Graham Bannock reviews a recent collection of essays examining the role central banks can play in developing economies
Innovation and Independence: the reserve Bank of New Zealand
1973-2002. John Singleton and Arthur Grimes, Gary Hawke and Frank Holmes. Auckland University Press, 2006; 340 pages.
Living standards and the wealth of nations: successes and failures in real convergence.
Edited by Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer. MIT Press, 2006.