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The rise of corporate capitalism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries has long been a source of lively debate among historians. In __Origins of the Federal Reserve System__, James Livingston approaches this controversial topic from a fresh perspective, asking how, during this era, a "new order of corporation men" made itself the preeminent source of knowledge on all significant economic issues and thereby changed the character of public and political discourse in the United States. The book seeks to uncover the roots of the Federal Reserve System and to explain the awakening and articulation of class consciousness among America's urban elite, two phenomena that its author sees as inseparable. According to Livingston, the movement for banking and monetary reform that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System played an important role in the general transition from entrepreneurial to corporate capitalism: it was during this struggle for reform that a group of business leaders first emerged as a new corporate social class. This interdisciplinary account of the social, cultural, and intellectual __Origins of the Federal Reserve System__ offers both a discussion of the s

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Author

Livingston, James

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501724718

Category

nonfiction