{"product_id":"picking-winners-citizenship-central-banks-and-consumer-finance-paperback","title":"Picking Winners: Citizenship, Central Banks, and Consumer Finance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence R. Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDesmond King\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitically independent central banks such as America's Federal Reserve have enormous sway over the financial lives of citizens globally and often affect citizens differently according to their wealth. In \u003cem\u003ePicking Winners\u003c\/em\u003e, editors Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond King curate a selection of chapters with innovative theoretical frameworks and new research about political institutions and organized interests to demonstrate that central banks and financial regulators are not neutral servants of the \"public good.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe research introduced here spans several countries and includes findings from interviews with senior government officials and financiers. In \u003cem\u003ePicking Winners\u003c\/em\u003e, the contributors reveal how theoretically independent central banks and financial regulators are often swayed instead, by deeply resourced financial interests, the values and perspectives of capital over those of wage earners, and institutional designs that are biased to favor those with greater capital and income.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLawrence R. Jacobs\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American political scientist and founder and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance (CSPG) at the University of Minnesota. He is the McKnight Presidential Chair in Political Science and the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies in Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Jacobs has written or edited, alone or collaboratively, 17 books and over 100 scholarly articles in addition to numerous reports and media essays on American democracy, national and Minnesota elections, political communications, health care reform, and economic inequality. His latest book is \u003cem\u003eDemocracy under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History.\u003c\/em\u003e He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Social Insurance and, in 2020, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesmond King\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College. His books include \u003cem\u003eSeparate and Unequal: African Americans and the US Federal Government; The Liberty of Strangers: Making the American Nation\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePhantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive\u003c\/em\u003e (with Stephen Skowronek and John A. Dearborn); \u003cem\u003eFed Power: How Finance Wins\u003c\/em\u003e (with Lawrence R. Jacobs); \u003cem\u003eStill a House Divided: Race and Politics in Obama's America \u003c\/em\u003e(with Rogers M. Smith); and \u003cem\u003eAmerica's New Racial Battle Lines: Protect versus Repair\u003c\/em\u003e (with Rogers M. Smith). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the National Academy of Sciences.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.26 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301569716531,"sku":"9780197831793","price":58.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TDtFtqFdhi9780197831793.webp?v=1777513175","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/picking-winners-citizenship-central-banks-and-consumer-finance-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}