Was the Fed a Good Idea?

Articles

Editor’s Note

By James A. Dorn
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A Limited Central Bank

By Charles I. Plosser
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A Century of Central Banking: What Have We Learned?

By Jerry L. Jordan
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Operation Twist‐​the‐​Truth: How the Federal Reserve Misrepresents Its History and Performance

By George Selgin
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The Need for a Price Stability Mandate

By Athanasios Orphanides
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The Troubling Suppression of Competition from Alternative Monies: The Cases of the Liberty Dollar and E‑gold

By Lawrence H. White
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Clearing House Currency

By Richard H. Timberlake Jr.
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Nominal GDP Targeting: A Simple Rule to Improve Fed Performance

By Scott Sumner
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Fed versus Market Regulation

By Rep. Jeb Hensarling
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Market Discipline Beats Regulatory Discipline

By John A. Allison
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How Should Financial Markets Be Regulated?

By Kevin Dowd and Martin Hutchinson
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The Case for a Centennial Monetary Commission

By Rep. Kevin Brady
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Prospects for Fundamental Monetary Reform

By Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr.
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Why the Fed’s Monetary Policy Has Been a Failure

By R. David Ranson
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The Federal Reserve and the Dollar

By Lewis E. Lehrman
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Book Reviews

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko

By Jonathan Blanks
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Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order by Richard N. Haass

By Travis Evans
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Why Capitalism? by Allan H. Meltzer

By Tom G. Palmer
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Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America by Christopher S. Parker and Matt A. Barreto

By Emily Ekins
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