Review of 'Inside the Economist’s Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists' Edited by Paul Samuelson and William A. Barnett No review can do adequate justice to the embarrassment of riches in the present volume, which offers a gourmet pot-luck repast to the enterprising reader, and one...

The literature on central banks neglects their promotional role whose rationale derives from the correction of financial market failures and externalities of financial intermediation. This paper analyses the rationale and such modalities of the promotional role as preferential interest and...