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1. Understanding monetary policy; 2. An introduction to central bankers;3. Making a central bank: I. Surviving; 4. Making a central bank: II. Lookingfor a rule; 5. Making a central bank: III. Ends and means; 6. Central bankingin the United States, 1790-1914; 7. Before the crash: the origins and earlyyears of the Federal Reserve; 8. The fall and rise of the Federal Reserve,1929-51; 9. Central banking in the United States after the Great Depression,1951-71; 10. The Bank of England after 1914; 11. Rules vs. authorities; 12.Permanent suspension; 13. Back to the beginning? New contracts for newcompanies.