02187cam a2200385 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020004200069020001500111040001800126041000800144042000800152043001200160050002300172082001800195100002900213245004400242260009500286300004700381336002600428337002800454338002700482504005100509505070000560520007701260650003501337650003701372650004501409650005101454650003601505650004601541650006101587776015301648BJBSDDR20230805181432.0ta170329s2017    dcu      b    001 0 eng    a9781944424299 (hardback : alk. paper)  a1944424296  aDLCbspacDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aHG 501bS465m 201700a332.4/9732231 aSelgin, George A.d1957-10aMoney free and unfree /cGeorge Selgin.  aWashington, D.C. :bCato Institute, Center for monetary and financial alternatives,c2017.  axiii, 379 pages :cillustrations, b24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a 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.  aA radical reinterpretation of the sources of U.S. financial instability. 0aMoneyzUnited StatesxHistory. 4aDinerozEstados UnidosxHistoria 0aMonetary policyzUnited StatesxHistory. 4aPolítica monetariazEstados UnidosxHistoria 0aFederal Reserve BanksxHistory. 0aBanks and bankingzUnited StatesxHistory 4aBancos y Actividades MonetariazEstados UnidosxHistoria08iOnline version:aSelgin, George A., 1957- author.tMoney free and unfreedWashington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2017]z9781944424305w(DLC) 2017016241