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The Case Against the Fed

The Case Against the Fed is a free lecture series (25 recordings, 5.1 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with Murray N. Rothbard.

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01

Introduction: Money and Politics

Murray N. Rothbard · 19:49 · 4.5 MB

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02

The Genesis of Money

Murray N. Rothbard · 13:15 · 3.0 MB

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03

What is the Optimum Quantity of Money?

Murray N. Rothbard · 5:22 · 1.2 MB

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04

Monetary Inflation and Counterfeiting

Murray N. Rothbard · 14:12 · 3.3 MB

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05

Legalized Counterfeiting

Murray N. Rothbard · 4:57 · 1.1 MB

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06

Loan Banking

Murray N. Rothbard · 7:25 · 1.7 MB

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07

Deposit Banking

Murray N. Rothbard · 14:06 · 3.2 MB

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08

Problems for the Fractional-Reserve Banker: The Criminal Law

Murray N. Rothbard · 9:52 · 2.3 MB

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09

Problems for the Fractional-Reserve Banker: Insolvency

Murray N. Rothbard · 17:51 · 4.1 MB

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10

Booms and Busts

Murray N. Rothbard · 1:39 · 393 KB

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11

Types of Warehouse Receipts

Murray N. Rothbard · 4:55 · 1.1 MB

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12

Enter the Central Bank

Murray N. Rothbard · 10:07 · 2.3 MB

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13

Easing the Limits on Bank Credit Expansion

Murray N. Rothbard · 4:04 · 961 KB

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14

The Central Bank Buys Assets

Murray N. Rothbard · 9:44 · 2.2 MB

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15

Origins of the Federal Reserve: The Advent of the National Banking System

Murray N. Rothbard · 21:04 · 4.8 MB

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16

Origins of the Federal Reserve: Wall Street Discontent

Murray N. Rothbard · 6:44 · 1.5 MB

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17

Putting Cartelization Across: The Progressive Line

Murray N. Rothbard · 15:20 · 3.5 MB

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18

Putting a Central Bank Across: Manipulating a Movement, 1897-1902

Murray N. Rothbard · 33:21 · 7.6 MB

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19

The Central Bank Movement Revives, 1906-1910

Murray N. Rothbard · 17:30 · 4.0 MB

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20

Culmination at Jekyll Island

Murray N. Rothbard · 8:34 · 2.0 MB

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21

The Fed at Last: Morgan-Controlled Inflation

Murray N. Rothbard · 22:33 · 5.2 MB

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22

The New Deal and the Displacement of the Morgans

Murray N. Rothbard · 8:24 · 1.9 MB

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23

Deposit "Insurance"

Murray N. Rothbard · 7:22 · 1.7 MB

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24

How the Fed Rules and Inflates

Murray N. Rothbard · 15:51 · 3.6 MB

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25

What Can Be Done?

Murray N. Rothbard · 12:33 · 2.9 MB

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Is The Case Against the Fed free to listen to?: Yes. All 25 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is The Case Against the Fed?: 25 recordings, 5.1 hours in total.
Is the book behind The Case Against the Fed available here?: Yes. The Case Against the Fed by Murray N. Rothbard is in this archive as a free download, on its own page.
Is there a transcript of The Case Against the Fed?: Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 39,644 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.