TY - BOOK AU - Blinder,Alan S. TI - Central banking in theory and practice SN - 0585077169 (electronic bk.) : AV - HG1811 .B55 1998 U1 - 332.1'1 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Banks and banking, Central KW - Monetary policy KW - Central banking, theory KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-87) and index N2 - This book deals succinctly, in a nontechnical manner, with a wide variety of issues in monetary policy. The book also includes the author's suggested solution to an age-old problem in monetary theory: what it means for monetary policy to be neutral. It tells central bankers how they might better incorporate academic knowledge and thinking into the conduct of monetary policy UR - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=9303 ER -