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Re:What to read to understand central banking by amit9gupta on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:25AM (#32763601)
For understanding the origins of Central Banking, highly recommend: The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin
Re:What to read to understand central banking by throw0101c on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:53AM (#32764225)
> The Creature from Jekyll Island

Please, no. The author has a very loose attachment to reality:

> In his book World Without Cancer, he argued in favor of a pseudo-scientific theory that asserted cancer to be a nutritional deficiency curable by consuming amygdalin.[1][2][3] He is the author of The Creature from Jekyll Island (1994),[1] which advances debunked conspiracy theories[4] about the Federal Reserve System. He is an HIV/AIDS denialist, supports the 9/11 Truth movement, and supports the specific John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory that Oswald was not the assassin.[1] He also believes that the Biblical Noah's Ark is located at the Durupınar site in Turkey.[5]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Edward_Griffin

Re:What to read to understand central banking by christophilus on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:02AM (#32763863)
Excellent recommendations. There’s a good podcast that analyzes the Fed (and other things) in a somewhat critical light without getting sidetracked by conspiracy theories the way many such things do: Eurodollar University

My description doesn’t do it justice. It really is a thorough and informative podcast.

Re:What to read to understand central banking by janandonly on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:41AM (#32764139)
Excellent tip indeed :-)

I remember hearing Jeffrey Snider explain all this stuff, and I had to listen more than once just to grok it all.

Very educational.

Free to listen here: https://www.macrovoices.com/edu

Re:What to read to understand central banking by hd4 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:17AM (#32764413)
Glad I'm not the only one mentioning Snider/Eurodollar University and that people are noticing his work. Everyone "noticing" the Eurodollar market may bring about the biggest shift in modern economics.