false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223647443m/81976.jpg 81976 1 <p>The most powerful case against the American central bank ever written. This work begins with a mini-treatment of money and banking theory, and then plunges right in with the real history of the Federal Reserve System. Rothbard covers the struggle between competing elites and how they converged with the Fed.</p> <p>Rothbard calls for the abolition of the central bank and a restoration of the gold standard. His popular treatment incorporates the best and most up-to-date scholarship on the Fed's origins and effects.</p> 79150 4 9 1994 The Case Against the Fed total:67|5:23|4:35|3:7|2:2|1:0| 67 280 126 21 2 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 13:01:13 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 13:20:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:25:46 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:29:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 02 13:05:39 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:11:05 -0700 2009
Rothbard deftly illustrates the dangers of fractional reserve len...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 22:35:14 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 20 09:35:25 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 22:35:14 -0800 2008 PDF and audio.

The first half of the book is a great introduction to how fractional reserve banking works and why it sucks.

Unfortunately, the later half is devoted to a dry and biased account of the history of the debate on central bankin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 09:54:44 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 08:34:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 17:13:45 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 22:32:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 15:34:03 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 15:20:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 21:23:56 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 20:59:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:52:44 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:59:02 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 16:52:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:53:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 19 20:08:03 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 20:08:32 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 15 08:31:47 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 08:33:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 12:28:43 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 12:42:51 -0700 2008
This book simply explains how the Feds cause the cycle of boom and busts, and how they profit from it. It explains how inflation and fractional reserve banking works, also to thei...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 16:34:07 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:38:17 -0800 2008 I had a hard time reading it though because I saw the principles that are supposed to be followed but are not and I ...more...]]> 3 0 true true Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 17:33:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 17:42:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 06 15:34:22 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 15:40:09 -0700 2008
"And then, should any maverick skeptic arise, who ... tries to dig more deeply into the eco...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:56:54 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 07:40:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 10 20:32:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 20:32:48 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Oct 05 21:15:17 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 21:16:24 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Oct 04 17:17:13 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 17:17:57 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=81976