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Books on Central Banking, Banking history, and economics and macro-finance. With particular emphasis on the history and make-up of these systems.

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1	Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed 4.04 avg rating — 16,693 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy by Mervyn A. King 4.07 avg rating — 2,227 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government by Paul A. Volcker 3.80 avg rating — 1,189 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence by William L. Silber 3.88 avg rating — 248 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze 4.29 avg rating — 4,287 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin 4.30 avg rating — 6,958 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath by Ben S. Bernanke 4.12 avg rating — 2,116 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	End the Fed by Ron Paul 4.06 avg rating — 6,550 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Bankers: How The Banks Ruined The Irish Economy by Shane Ross 3.64 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider 4.17 avg rating — 793 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Incomplete Currency: The Future of the Euro and Solutions for the Eurozone by Marcello Minenna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	History of the State Bank of Pakistan: 1948-1960 (History of the State Bank of Pakistan #1) by S. Aijaz Husain (Compiler) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 17,833 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Central Banking after the Great Recession: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead by David Wessel (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve by Roger Lowenstein 3.81 avg rating — 1,451 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin 4.16 avg rating — 43,958 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi by Eswar S. Prasad 4.23 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World by Nomi Prins (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 334 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Debts, Defaults, Depression and Other Delightful Ditties from the Dismal Science by Bryan Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know by Arthur R. Kroeber 4.26 avg rating — 1,216 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic by David Wessel 3.75 avg rating — 1,088 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America by Karen Petrou 3.38 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance by Joe Martin 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy: How Hamilton's Merchant Class Lost Out to the Agrarian South by Charles A. Beard 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy 4.14 avg rating — 6,523 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises by Timothy F. Geithner 4.09 avg rating — 5,417 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe by James K. Galbraith 3.62 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Janet Yellen Reader: A Collection of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s Most Influential Economic Insights by The Ashfield Journal of Progressive Economics Studies 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Age of Uncertainty by John Kenneth Galbraith 4.10 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Shifts and the Shocks: What We've Learned—and Have Still to Learn—from the Financial Crisis by Martin Wolf 3.95 avg rating — 522 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis by James K. Galbraith 3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 4,888 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath by Ben S. Bernanke 4.12 avg rating — 2,116 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Ben Bernanke's Fed: The Federal Reserve After Greenspan by Ethan S. Harris 3.62 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis by Ben S. Bernanke 4.15 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Bernanke's Test: Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker by Johan Van Overtveldt 3.18 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Inside the Fed: Monetary Policy and Its Management, Martin Through Greenspan to Bernanke by Stephen H. Axilrod 3.15 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars