Catholic couples have gone to priests to annul marriages, while churches of various dominations have settled disputes related to inappropriate behavior of ministers and monetary disagreements within and between parishes.
In a surprisingly short book, Woodward lucidly explains the axes of intellectual and political disagreement over monetary policy, productivity growth, irrational exuberance and more, shedding new light on major conflicts of the Greenspan era and demystifying this most political of ostensibly technical institutions.
In addition to disagreements over monetary policy, there might also be conflicts over fiscal policy.
Eimear Daly, head of market analysis at Monex Europe, says Mark Carney's speech was his most hawkish since taking office, and may reflect disagreements among the monetary policy committee about rate rises: Carney's comments are likely the precursor of the first official vote for higher interest rates and all eyes will be on the voting ratio in next week's minutes.
He made clear his disagreement with the International Monetary Fund's recipe for an economic recovery here and also demanded that the amount, interest rates and repayment schedule of the country's foreign debt be significantly eased.
But Germany pushed back and said back-tracking on debt-reduction goals would only hurt confidence, a stance that suggested some disagreement between the International Monetary Fund and Europe's largest creditor country.
The Fed's recently released minutes from its August meeting showed huge disagreements over whether more monetary stimulus — and what form of monetary stimulus — was necessary.
He added that the decision to scale back work at the dam was linked to Japan's concern over Kenya's ability to repay loans, its disagreements with the International Monetary Fund and its commitment to good governance.
Special mention must go to Danny Blanchflower and Andrew Sentance, a pair of likable former Bank of England rate-setters, who have turned a perfectly legitimate disagreement about the course of monetary policy into a grumpy Twitter spat that has so far lasted several years.
Lingering questions over the country's economic plight – starting with the bitter disagreement between the EU and International Monetary Fund over how to deal with its debt mountain – have, however, engendered widespread criticism.
The money, signed off after months of disagreement between the European Union and International Monetary Fund over how to reduce Athens' staggering debt pile, will be released in July, once European parliaments ratify the deal.
