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Does the Fed fight inflation?
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Frank Shostak
Country: United States

"[R]ather being seen as an inflation fighter, the FED should be regarded as the sole source of inflation." (5/18/00)

What Every American Citizen Should Know about Money
Source: NORFED
Country: United States

Brief introduction to various monetary and banking concepts.

Notable quotes on money
Source: Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education
Country: United States

A collection of interesting quotes pertaining to money and various banking and government practices that adversely affect its worth.

When Will the Bubble Burst?
Source: The Jefferson School
Author: George Reisman
Country: United States

In this online article, Reisman provides a free-market-oriented analysis of the current stock market boom. (8/99)

The Crash of 1929: Could It Happen Again?
Source: Mackinac Center
Author: Lawrence W. Reed
Country: United States

Unwise government policies, not stock market shifts, are the culprits that lead to widespread economic distress. (10/4/99)

Rothbard on Greenspan
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Murray Rothbard
Country: United States

In two commentaries, the late Murray Rothbard criticized Alan Greenspan's insufficient respect for free markets and adherence to behind-the-scenes central planning. (8/97)

Small business, the Fed, and access to capital
Source: Small Business Survival Committee
Author: Raymond J. Keating
Country: United States
E-mail: rkeat614@aol.com

Low short-term interest rates, which are set by the Federal Reserve, are important to small businesses, whose growth is dependent on their access to capital from commercial banks. (12/14/00)

How the U.S. suppressed competing currencies
Source: NCPA/Economic Inquiry
Country: United States

The U.S. had currency competition until a Civil War tax drove state banks out of the business. (01/15/01)

How the fed controls the money base
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"While the world anxiously awaits the Federal Reserve Board's next move on the discount rate, which is a benchmark for other interest rates, economist Arthur B. Laffer points out that the true source of the Fed's economic power is not in the setting of interest rates, but in its control of the monetary base." (03/27/01)

The rise of the state and the decline of coins
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Jacob Halbrooks
Country: United States

"The history of a country is well reflected in the history of its coins ... The coins that are used now are practically worthless, and most people would not even bother to pick up a penny on the ground. It is quite fitting then that the only coins now to depict Liberty are minted by private organizations." (05/31/02)

Bye bye banking
Source: Backwoods Home
Author: Claire Wolfe
Country: United States

"... under federal law, banks serve governments more than they serve us. They routinely transmit our account data to the IRS. They report any transactions that involve 'too much' cash or don’t fit some statistical norm. They turn our records over to law enforcers without court orders, and even collect snitch fees when their reports result in seizure of our assets." (01/02)

Thief of America's gold
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Patrick Chkoreff
Country: United States

"FDR ... had no more legal authority to do what he did than my immigrant grandfather had. But that never stopped a president from doing anything to consolidate and maintain power. As a betrayer of the Constitution, FDR ranks right up there with Lincoln, LBJ and Nixon." (03/01/02)

How dividend tax reform helps all investors
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Norbert Michel
Country: United States

"[O]ne of the most positive and immediate actions that Congress and the President could take to restore investor confidence and portfolio value is eliminating the double taxation of dividends." (2/19/03)

The birth of legal counterfeiting
Source: Strike the Root
Author: George F. Smith
Country: United States

"Statists have long prized and fueled crisis as the means for enlarging government ... It was crisis that helped launch one of the greatest destroyers of our world, the Federal Reserve System." (05/21/02)

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