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The Case Against the Fed
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.110973
EAN: 9780945466178
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 094546617X
Label: Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Manufacturer: Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 158
Publication Date: September 04, 2007
Publisher: Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Studio: Ludwig Von Mises Institute
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Editorial Review: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.
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.
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Rating:  - The case for the FED
This book gives a simple case for changing the money under the federal reserve system to gold system of money. After reading the history of the creation of the FED, I see clearer the need for fiat money and a system to control it. We should continue the federal reserve system and teach people how it benefits a society when run properly.
Rating:  - Stopped by the Introduction
While I have no doubt that the Fed and other central banks can and do create inflation, Rothbard's introduction to money is so simplistic and so misleading that it stopped me cold in my tracks. If his conclusions are based on the foundation laid in the introduction, the whole argument is worthless. Rothbard's argument in the introduction is that only the Fed is permitted to print Federal Reserve Notes (correct) and that these notes are the only money in existence. This last statement is a grave ... Read More
Rating: - Book Review- The Case Against The Fed
As is typical of all books about banking and economics, this book requires a strong interest on the part of the reader or it would not be considered enjoyable reading. For anyone wanting to understand the U.S. banking sytem and the Federal Reserve System this book should be required reading. Murray Rothbard did not have the writing talent of G. Edward Griffin, but he gets his point across in a much shorter book and was no doubt one of the most enlightened economists of the twentieth century.
Rating: - Good read!!
The problem of inflation is in fact astounding - how we make the general public understand is a daunting task and how we overcome the issue of inflation is unsurmountable in my belief. The book touches everything related to creation, circulation, history and legislation behind money and central banking -- specifically "The Fed". While I agree with most of the information in the book, the case against fed is not convincing enough, not convincing enough for the general public to raise this issue with ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent overview of Federal Reserve workings
Rothbard clearly and concisely explains the historical origins and workings of the Federal Reserve in a way that most people can easily understand, even without a background in economics. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to study the foundation of the American monetary system and the system's ramifications for "ordinary" citizens.
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