Selgin, George A.  1957- <br/><br/>
Money free and unfree / 
George Selgin. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Cato Institute, Center for monetary and financial alternatives,  2017. 
 - xiii, 379 pages :  24 cm.  illustrations,  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Regulatory Sources of Financial Instability -- Central Banks as Sources of Financial Instability -- Legal Restrictions, Financial Weakening, and the Lender of Last Resort -- Before the Fed -- The Suppression Of State Banknotes: A Reconsideration -- Monetary Reform and the Redemption of National Bank Notes, 1863-1913 -- New York's Bank: The National Monetary Commission and the Founding of the Fed." -- The Federal Reserve Era -- The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States -- Has the Fed Been a Failure? -- Operation Twist-The-Truth: How the Federal Reserve Misrepresents its History and Performance -- Liberty Street: Bagehotian Prescriptions for a 21st Century Money Market. 
<br/><br/> A radical reinterpretation of the sources of U.S. financial instability. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781944424299 (hardback : alk. paper) 1944424296 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Money--History.--United States<br/>Dinero--Historia--Estados Unidos<br/>Monetary policy--History.--United States<br/>Política monetaria--Historia--Estados Unidos<br/>Federal Reserve Banks--History.<br/>Banks and banking--History--United States<br/>Bancos y Actividades Monetaria--Historia--Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG 501  / S465m 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.4/973