Published Volumes

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, 1992

    This volume includes several reports that have now been generally accepted by scholars as having of historic value, such as the 1975 report on interest on demand deposits, which is now believed to have solved the mystery of how the prohibition of such interest became law. Another report describes the replacement of capital supervision by capital regulation in the United States in 1983-84, a most significant event. And a closely related report in 1991 picked up the story by analyzing the influence of the Basel Committee over bank capital regulation in the U.S. Many of the other reports deal with historical developments, such as the emergence of new antitrust laws in the 1960s and 1970s, and deposit interest regulation. The two most popular reports in the Anniversary Edition, judging from reader response, is a spoof of the idea that there really is a deposit insurance fund to which attention should be paid (“The Education of Boris Ivanov,” a 1990 report), while the other was perhaps the all-time favorite among readers: an open letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns from Carter Golembe in 1972 (“Dear Arthur”) regarding the Board’s rejection of the proposed acquisition of Golembe Associates by a major bank holding company.
 
    The Anniversary Edition is a 206 page-volume, specially priced at $15.00 plus postage and handling. It is personally autographed by Dr. Golembe.

Key Banking Issues Entering the New Millennium, 1998

    This volume contains 16 key reports issued during the years 1994-98, plus one previously unpublished report.  These are grouped into nine chapters, each of which is introduced with an analysis by Philip Meyer, former editor of Banking Policy Report.  The principal subjects are regulatory agency reform and the role of the central bank, financial modernization, and deposit insurance reform.  Other chapters include the changing role of bank directors, bank consolidation, and the possible emergence of a European political union.

    The Millennium Edition is a 265-page volume, autographed by Dr. Golembe.  Its price is $30 per copy, plus postage and handling, a significant reduction from the initial publication price of $48.50.  An additional savings of $10 is available for those who purchase both volumes at the combined price of $35, plus postage and handling.