Central banks in the service of "masters of money". Volume I. History of Central Banks

The average person has very little information about the central banks of the world. When and under what circumstances did the first central bank appear? What are central banks needed for? What functions do they perform in the economic life of a country? What is their structure? What has happened to them over decades and even centuries? The three-volume work by Professor V.Yu. Katasonov opens the curtain of banking secrecy to the curious reader. The first volume is a reissue of the 2018 book, which has become a bibliographic rarity. Here, the author tells the fascinating story of the development of central banks from 1694 (the creation of the Bank of England - the first full-fledged central bank) to 2018. The second and third volumes are a collection of the author's articles from 2018 to April 2023. They narrate the latest events in the rapidly changing banking world. From the height of his professional experience, the author reveals the secrets of the world's largest banks to the reader and makes predictions about the upcoming changes.