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THE MYSTERY OF BANKING

Murray N.Rothbard

 

Important books, 2017, 168 pgs., end notes include bibliography, charts, no TOC

 
 

Reviewer comments - This is a reprint of an earlier edition or set of essays of unknown date. But from the context of some statemetns aned th3e data shown in the charts it appears that the book was written during the Reagan administration - the early 1980's. Much has changed since then. For instance, The author cites the 1981 amount for FED assets at $176.85 billion and lists the composition of the reserve. Obviously today the reality is vastly different. Bye book is an effort to prove the necessity to establish a 'gold standard' for money and eliminate 'fractional banking'.


 
 

Chapter I - Money: It's Importance and Origins

 
 

Chapter II - What Determines Prices: Supply and Demand

 
 

Chapter III - Money and Overall Prices

 
 

Chapter IV - The Supply of Money

 
 

Chapter V - The Demand for Money

 
 

Chapter VI - Loan Banking

 
 

Chapter VII - Deposit Banking

 
 

Chapter VIII - Free Banking and the Limits on Bank Credit Inflation

 
 

Chapter IX - Central Banking: Removing the Limits

 
 

Chapter X - Central Banking: Determining Total Reserves

 
 

Chapter XI - Central Banking: The Process of Bank Credit Expansion

 
 

Chapter XII - The Origins of Central Banking

 
 

Chapter XIII - Central Banking in the United States I: The Origins

 
 

Chapter XIV - Centrqal Banking in the United States II: The 1820's to the Civil War

 
 

Chapter XV - Central Banking in the United States III: The National Banking System

 
 

Chapter XVI - Central Banking in the United StatesIV: The Federal Reserve System

 
 

Chapter XVII - Conclusion: The Present Banking Situation and What To Do About It

 

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