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Monetary Policy & the Federal Reserve
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The Case Against the Fed
ROTHBARD, Murray1994094546617X

Visit Mises.org to find out more about Rothbard's books and papers.

 
The Chairman of the Fed : William McChesney Martin Jr., and the Creation of the Modern American Financial System
BREMNER, Robert P.20040300105088
 
The Creature from Jekyll Island: a Second Look at the Federal Reserve
GRIFFIN, G. Edward19940912986328

For a review, a critique of the book, and a rebuttal by the author, visit this website.

 
The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures
DUNCAN, Richard20030470821701
 
Economic Puppetmasters
LINDSEY, Lawrence19980844740810

Lawrence Lindsey briefly served under President George W. Bush. Prior to that he had fiercely fought the stock bubble and Al.com, but the bubble won.

 
The Fed
MAYER, Martin2001068484740X
 
The Federal Reserve System : An Encyclopedia
HAFER, R. W.20050313328390
 
The Fourth Branch : The Federal Reserve's Unlikely Rise to Power and Influence
SHULL, Bernard20051567206247
 
The Greenspan Effect: Words that Move the World's Markets
CICILIA, David & CRUIKSHANK, Jeffrey19990071349197

These guys have written a book deciphering Alan Greenspan's words! Want to know why it takes a book? Click for an example of Greenspeak, the Language of the Federal Reserve.

 
Greenspan's Fraud : How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy
BATRA, Ravi20051403968594
 
A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II
ROTHBARD, Murray20020945466331
 
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1: 1913-1951
MELTZER, Allan20040226520005
 
Inflation Targeting : Lessons from the International Experience
BERNANKE, Ben S.20010691086893
 
The Inflation-Targeting Debate (National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth)
BERNANKE, Ben S. & WORDFORD, Michael20050226044718
 
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
WOODWARD, Bob20000743204123

Read an Austrian economist's discussion of the book.

 
A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960
FRIEDMAN, Milton & SCHWARTZ, Anna J.19720691003548
 
Monetary Theory and Policy : Second Edition
WALSH, Carl E.20030262232316
 
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History
FRIEDMAN, Milton1992015661930X
 
Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
CECCHETTI, Stephen20050072452692
 
On Money and Markets
KAUFMAN, Henry & VOLKER, Paul20000071360492

Former Fed Chairman Paul Volker coauthored this book.

 
Paul Volcker : The Making of a Financial Legend
TREASTER, Joseph D.20040471428124
 
The Reserve System: A History
WELLS, Donald R.2004078641880X
 
A Term at the Fed : An Insider's View
MEYER, Lawrence H.20040060542713
 
What Does Mr. Greenspan Really Think?
PARKS, Lawrence2001097103804X