Engine of Inequality. Karen Petrou

The Businesses Banks Left Behind Other Precursors of the Crash That Came Capitalism and Capital Regulation A Capital Cure Going with the Flow Death without Destruction The Consumer-Protection Quagmire An Unreadable Rulebook Thrown Only at Banks The Bleak Outlook and a Better Future Notes

      16  Chapter 9: Remaking Money What Money Is and Will Be The Great Unequalizer Turning Money into Data What Makes Money Good Money Crafting a Good Digital Dollar How Money Moves The Central-Bank Solution Notes

      17  Chapter 10: Rules to Equitably Live By Why Not Just Deregulate? Learning to Love Like-Kind Rules The Specifics of Symmetric Regulation Raising Up the Regulatory Playing Field Building a New, Equality-Focused Banking System Banking While Mailing Establishing Equality Banks New Money for a New Mission Notes

      18  Chapter 11: Financial Policy for an Equitable Future Turning the Fed into a Force for Good The Fed's Failings The Fed's Equality Toolkit The First Fix: Understanding America as It Is The Second Fix: Set an Equality Plan and Say So The Third Fix: A Far Smaller Fed Portfolio The Fourth Fix: Normal, Moderate Interest Rates The Final Fix: Ensuring Financial Stability Ending the Doom Loop The Future of Equitable Finance Notes

      19  Index

      20  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Where Households Keep Their Wealth 1983 vs. 2016

      2 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Equality-Essential Regulation

      3 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Monetary-Policy Tools to Repair the Inequality Engine

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Diverging Income Inequality: Changes to Income Distribution 1980-...Figure 2.2 Growth in Real Income for Select Income Groups, 1989–2016Figure 2.3 Growth in Real Wealth for Select Income Groups, 1989–2016

      2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 The Rise and Fall of U.S. Public Wealth, 1945–2015

      3 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Fed Balance Sheet Growth Since 2004Figure 6.2 Top 10% Income Share at its Highest Level in 100 YearsFigure 6.3 21st Century Wealth GrowthFigure 6.4 Trends in Who Has How Much of What When

      4 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 Bank Lending Remains Below Pre-Crisis Levels

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2 Table of Contents

      3  Begin Reading

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