Priests of Prosperity: How Central Bankers Transformed the Postcommunist World

by Juliet Johnson

Book Overview

Priests of Prosperity explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style monetary guardians. Juliet Johnson conducted more than 160 interviews in seventeen countries with central bankers, international assistance providers, policymakers, and private-sector finance professionals over the course of fifteen years. She argues that a powerful transnational central...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501700227
• ISBN13: 9781501700224
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher