Such reform, if properly carried out, would break up the power structure of high finance that now subverts our public elections, dictates our investments, spoils the education of our youth, homogenizes all distinctive cultural features of our land into one grand mediocrity, prevents regulation and taxation of commerce needed to promote our national self-sufficiency, and dries up the spiritual wells of our civilization with materialistic and atheistic values. Beginning with the myths that surround the origins of the Civil War, most prominently the assumption that the war was fought to free Southern slaves, Graham diagrams the secession movements of both Northern and Southern states, the strong abolitionist movement in the South, and the 1860 presidential election, among other significant events, actions, and people.
Explains the history and functions of the Federal Reserve System.
The Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System (during the World Crisis)
... Paul R. Carey, Dennis Dollar, Edward M. Gramlich, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., and Ellen Seidman, 189 Nominations of Manuel H. Johnson, Jr. and William F. Ryan, 189 Nominations of Raoul Lord Carroll and Lawrence B. Lindsey, ...
Case Against the Fed, The
Origins of the Federal Reserve, The
Floored! offers a matchless account of our post-crisis monetary system's history and shortcomings.
Richard A. Naclerio investigates the events that surrounded the U.S. Federal Reserve's creation and the bankers, financiers, and economists who shaped its role over the next century.
The argument in this book is of very great interest for understanding current battles over financial institutions around the world.