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Carlson, Mark. The Young Fed: The Banking Crises of the 1920s and the Making of a Lender of Last Resort. : University of Chicago Press, 2025. 232 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780226837826. Reviewed by Robert Ferguson (Arizona State University) Published on H-Pol (February, 2026) Commissioned by Rebeca C. Leffler () Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62657