Komparace měnové politiky FEDu ve 30. letech 20. st. a v době světové finanční krize

The following bachelor thesis deals with the comparison of the decisions made by the American central bank before and during the period of the Great Depression and the Great Crisis while taking into account several points of view. In order to provide thorough understanding to the reader the first part is about the characterization of the origins of the central banking from the perspective of an representative of the Austrian School of economics Rothbard, the second part is about the organizational structure of the FED. The third chapter compares the politics of the FED before the particular crisis. The core of the thesis lies on the thoughts of Bernanke the present chairman of the FED, who is known due to his study on the Great Depression. It ensures that we better understand the current attitude of the FED. Chapters 4 and 5 evaluate the cause of the very crisis.