The Fed’s Dirty Secret — The Jekyll Island Story
The Secret Meeting That Created the Federal Reserve: The Untold Story of Jekyll Island and America’s Central Banking System In the early 20th century, the United States faced a financial problem that had plagued the nation for decades: unstable banks, repeated economic panics, and a lack of a coordinated monetary system. The solution would become one of the most influential institutions in American history — the Federal Reserve System. But before the Federal Reserve became the powerful central bank that controls interest rates,...