Lecture series · recorded 2010
The Birth and Death of the Fed
The Birth and Death of the Fed is a free lecture series (11 recordings, 5.7 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 11 speakers.
In this conference, the Mises Institute returns to the founding home of the Fed, cobbled together in secret at the Jekyll Island Resort in Georgia, under the guise of a "duck hunting expedition." We don't need the Fed. Our money and our future would be more assured without it. 26–27 February 2010, Jekyll Island, GA.
BiographiesThe FedU.S. HistoryMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyFinancial MarketsEducationBooms and Busts
Cover painting: a sick Andrew Jackson tells Van Buren the bank is trying to kill him, but I will kill it, July 1832. See every painting in the art gallery.
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Only the Austrians Can Explain Depressions 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 26 February 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesMoney and BankingBooms and Busts
Read the transcript 7,059 words
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Why the Fed Got Birthed 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 26 February 2010.
The FedU.S. EconomyU.S. History
Read the transcript 5,051 words
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Did Keynesian Economics Win the Battle of Ideas? 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 26 February 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewOther Schools of ThoughtEducation
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Failure and Prosperity 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 26 February 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewBooms and BustsMoney and Banks
Read the transcript 2,731 words
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Parallel Lives: Liberty or Power? 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 26 February 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryBiographies
Read the transcript 3,953 words
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The Macroeconomics of the Fed: Mainstream and Austrian 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 27 February 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewMonetary TheoryOther Schools of ThoughtThe Fed
Read the transcript 3,714 words
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What Were They Saying in July 2007? 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 27 February 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewFinancial MarketsU.S. Economy
Read the transcript 3,802 words
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The Fed's Dismal Record 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 27 February 2010.
The FedMoney and BanksU.S. Economy
Read the transcript 4,346 words
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Heckle and Jekyll: How Murray Rothbard Got the Fed's Story Right 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 27 February 2010. [27:43]
Austrian Economics OverviewMoney and BankingBiographiesThe FedU.S. History
Read the transcript 3,440 words
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29:27 Download MP3
The Source and Workings of the Latest Crisis 2010
Recorded at Jekyll Island, Georgia; 27 February 2010. [29:27]
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My Battle Against the Fed 2010
Presented by Ron Paul at the "Birth and Death of the Fed" conference at Jekyll Island, Georgia, 27 Febuary 2010. Includes an introduction by Mises Institute founder and chairman Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., and closing remarks by Institute president Douglas E. French.
Political TheoryBiographiesThe Fed
Read the transcript 6,909 words
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Christopher Westley, Doug French, Gary North, George A. Selgin, Joseph T. Salerno, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mark Thornton, Peter G. Klein, Robert P. Murphy, Ron Paul, Thomas E. Woods, Jr..
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 11 of these 11 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Birth and Death of the Fed, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is The Birth and Death of the Fed free to listen to?
- Yes. All 11 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is The Birth and Death of the Fed?
- 11 recordings, 5.7 hours in total.
- Who lectures in The Birth and Death of the Fed?
- Christopher Westley, Doug French, Gary North, George A. Selgin, and 7 others.
- When was The Birth and Death of the Fed recorded?
- 2010, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of The Birth and Death of the Fed?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 51,103 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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