Books About the Federal Reserve

[erpowers]

I was at amazon.com and I saw a number of books abut the Federal Reserve. Considering that the Federal Reserve is a closed organization can any of these books give any real information about the Federal Reserve? Are any of these book worth reading? I am not talking about the books that give a history of the Federal Reserve. I am talking about the books that claim to detail how the fed works or does its job.

[Wapsie B]

1. Other than a book on the order of,"The Creature from Jekyll Island," I've not heard of

anything that gives the nitty-gritty on the Fed. However I'd certainly be interested in reading a book like that.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country

http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Temple-Federal-Reserve-Country/dp/0671675567

In this penetrating study of the Federal Reserve Board in the Reagan era, Rolling Stone writer Greider (The Education of David Stockman) views the "Fed" chairman (until recently Paul Volcker) as the "second most powerful" officer of government, the high priest of a temple as mysterious as money itself, its processes unknown to the public and yet to be fully understood by any modern president. Controlling the money supply by secretly buying and selling government bonds and thus affecting interest rates, the Fed can manipulate billions in business profits or losses and millions in worker employment and stock, bond or bank account values, the author explains. Greider's conclusions are startling at times. The Fed, he maintains, could have prevented the 1929 crash. He also asserts the "awkward little secret" that the federal government deliberately induces recessions, usually to bring down inflation and interest rates. A time-consuming but extremely informative read.

[ellie]

3. Yes!

My dad read this.