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Painting: Woodrow Wilson signs the Federal Reserve Act as McAdoo, Glass and Owen look on, 23 December 1913

Lecture series · recorded 2008

Money and the Federal Reserve

Money and the Federal Reserve is a free lecture series (6 recordings, 5.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 6 speakers.

The role of the Federal Reserve and how it made fiat money possible. Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 8–10 May 1992.

Money and BanksThe FedBig GovernmentU.S. EconomyU.S. History

Cover painting: Woodrow Wilson signs the Federal Reserve Act as McAdoo, Glass and Owen look on, 23 December 1913. See every painting in the art gallery.

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  1. 01

    The Fed and the Power Eilte 2008

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:06:00 · 15.1 MB · Recorded 11 December 2008

    Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; May 1992.

    Big GovernmentThe Fed

    Read the transcript 11,594 words

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  2. 02

    A Monetary Vietnam

    David Fand · 53:08 · 12.2 MB

    Read the transcript 7,825 words

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  3. 03

    Economists and the Myths of Central Banking 2008

    Joseph T. Salerno · 55:09 · 12.6 MB · Recorded 11 December 2008

    Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; May 1992.

    Production TheoryThe FedMoney and Banks

    Read the transcript 8,556 words

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  4. 04

    Monetary Control Planning and the Federal Reserve System: A Misesian Critique 2008

    Richard M. Ebeling · 54:53 · 12.6 MB · Recorded 11 December 2008

    Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; May 1992.

    InterventionismMonetary TheoryThe FedMoney and Banks

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  5. 05

    The Federal Reserve: Then and Now 2008

    Roger W. Garrison · 58:16 · 13.4 MB · Recorded 11 December 2008

    Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; May 1992.

    InterventionismThe FedU.S. EconomyU.S. History

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  6. 06

    How Is Fiat Money Possible? 2008

    Hans-Hermann Hoppe · 1:00:01 · 13.8 MB · Recorded 11 December 2008

    Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; May 1992.

    Monetary TheoryValue and ExchangeMoney and Banks

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David Fand, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Joseph T. Salerno, Murray N. Rothbard, Richard M. Ebeling, Roger W. Garrison.

Recording dates, summaries and topics for 5 of these 6 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Money and the Federal Reserve, checked 2026-09-27.

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Is Money and the Federal Reserve free to listen to?
Yes. All 6 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Money and the Federal Reserve?
6 recordings, 5.8 hours in total.
Who lectures in Money and the Federal Reserve?
David Fand, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Joseph T. Salerno, Murray N. Rothbard, and 2 others.
When was Money and the Federal Reserve recorded?
2008, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of Money and the Federal Reserve?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 50,588 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.

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