| Acton-Lee
Letter |
1866 |
Correspondence
between General Lee and Lord Acton over the cause of America's
Civil War |
| American
Documents |
1776 -
1965 |
Actual images
of the original documents including the "Declaration
of Independence" and the "Constitution" |
| Bretton
Woods |
July 22, 1944 |
From Yale Law
School: the articles of agreements for the post WWII international
gold exchange standard |
| Crime
of 1873 |
1873 |
The history of
events surrounding the "demonetization of silver enacted
by the Coinage Act of 1873" |
| National
Bank Act |
1864 |
Act that enabled
the Treasury to back the US currency with debt, de facto centralizing
the banking system |
| FDR
Proclamation |
1933 |
Image of the front
page of the NY Times on the fateful day of March 6th's gold
confiscation, contesting property |
| Federal
Reserve Act |
1913 |
Part of a general
and final consolidation of powers for the Federal gov't that
began in the mid 19th century |
| Federalist
Papers |
1787-1789 |
Principal arguments
in favor of the U.S. Constitution supplied by Project Gutenberg
(Hamilton, Madison, Jay) |
| Anti-Federalist
Papers |
1787-1789 |
Arguments against
the ratification of U.S. Constitution by various authors,
most of whom used a pseudonym |
| History
of Liberty |
106BC
- 1982AD |
Key articles,
declarations, laws, letters, pamphlets, and speeches about
liberty - from LibertyStory.net |
| Howard
Buffett |
1948 |
Speech by Congressman
Howard Buffett of Ohama: "Human Freedom Rests on Gold
Redeemable Money" |
| Jefferson's
Papers |
1829 -
1904 |
The authoritative
and comprehensive edition of the correspondence and papers
of Jefferson - Princeton |
| Money
& Trade... |
1705 |
"Money and
Trade Considered" - monetary proposal by John Law published
in 1705 AD - McMaster University |
| Plaza
Accord |
Sept
22, 1985 |
Monetary
accord between central banks and finance ministers of France,
U.S., Germany, Japan and U.K. |
| US
Constitution |
1792 |
From Constitution.org
with minimal annotations and no local links other than among
this document set |
| Washington
Agreement |
Sept
26, 1999 |
15
European banks agree to limit leasing activities and analysis
from USA Gold in the Guilded Opinion |
| The
Damn'd South Sea |
Harvard
Magazine |
Britain's greatest financial
speculation and its unhappy ending |
| The
Great German Inflation |
Bruce Bartlet |
Mann said it was a straight
line from the Great German inflation to WWII |
| The
Discovery of Gold |
Gnl John A. Sutter |
An account of the first discovery
of gold, in 1848 California |
| Extraordinary
Popular Delusions... |
Charles MacKay |
Published in 1841 by Charles
Mackay - case studies of popular delusions |
| Gold
& Economic Freedom |
Alan Greenspan |
1st published by Ayn Rand
in 1966 - on the state's opposition to gold |
| History
of Money |
Glyn Davies |
A collection of works surrounding
the subject of money and its history |
| History
of Economic Thought |
Website |
A categorization of the various
economic schools through history |
| History
of Currencies |
Bryan Taylor |
Historical overview of currencies
all over the world by GlobalFinancialData |
| America:
Republic or Democracy |
Herbert Titus |
Senior Legal Advisor to the
Liberty Committee on intent of constitution |
| American
Currency Exhibit |
FRB San Fran |
Graphical illustrations of
various American currencies since 1777 |
| Human
Action |
Ludwig von Mises |
Mises' main theoretical contribution
- a scientific foundation for economics |
| Liberty
and Property |
Ludwig von Mises |
Originally delivered as a
lecture at Princeton University, October 1958 |
|
Manipulation of Money & Credit |
Ludwig von Mises |
A series of essays collected
between 1923 - 1933 including one in 1946 |
| Interventionism |
Ludwig von Mises |
Originally published along
with the prequel to Human Action in 1940 |
| Socialism |
Ludwig von Mises |
The seminal work that devastated
the socialist ideal and transformed Hayek |
| Theory
of Money & Credit |
Ludwig von Mises |
Mises completed the theory
of money and revived the Austrian school |
| Economics,
Science & Liberty |
Hermann Hoppe |
How Rothbard connected the
three, via an economic theory of the state |
| America's
Great Depression |
Murray Rothbard |
On the true causes; the Austrian
trade cycle theory in action (PDF) |
| Austrian
Theory of Money |
Murray Rothbard |
Twenty-four page summary of
significance of Mises' work (PDF) |
| Case
for 100% Gold Dollar |
Murray Rothbard |
The way back to a gold standard
without catastrophe for the public |
| End
of Socialism... |
Murray Rothbard |
Economic calculation debate
that Mises won revisited and completed |
| History
of Money/Banking in US |
Murray Rothbard |
The most extensive work of
its kind covering Colonial Era to WWII |
| Keynes,
the Man |
Murray Rothbard |
A devastating expose and criticism
of Keynes as a politician and worse |
|
Legacy of Liberty |
Murray Rothbard |
On the free market everyone
earns according to his productive value... |
| Milton
Friedman Unraveled |
Murray Rothbard |
Friedman, founder of Monetarist
School; roots to the Chicago School |
| Origins
of the Federal Reserve |
Murray Rothbard |
Section from his book "History
of Money and Banking in the US" |
| Principles
of Economics |
Carl Menger |
1871, basis for the understanding
of value, utility, money, market process |
| Gold
Standard |
Walter Block |
Critique of Friedman, Mundell,
Hayek, Greenspan - free enterprise view |
| Gold
Standards, the State, Free Banking |
Ed Bugos |
The different kinds of gold
standards and their link to free banking |
| Gold
Standards, Two Kinds |
Gary North |
Differences between gov't
guaranteed and free market gold standard |
| Mises
on Money |
Gary North |
A crash course in the theory
of the value of money and credit |
| What
is Money? |
Frederic Bastiat |
19th century (pre Mises)
liberal philosopher-economist on money |
| What
is a Dollar? |
Dr. Judd Patton |
Bellevue University article
on the constitutional question of the dollar |
|
Wealth of Nations |
Adam Smith |
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE
AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS |
| What
has the Government Done/Money |
Murray Rothbard |
Money in free society, and
monetary breakdown of the West |
| Nobel
Prize Internet Archive |
Economics |
Nobel prize winners in economics
from 1969 to the present day |
| Bimetallism |
FX Micheloud |
The monetary regime which
ruled the world during the 19th century |
|
Costs of a Gold Standard |
Roger Garrison |
Roger Garrison FULLY weighs
the pros and cons of a gold standard |
| Timeline
of National Bank |
Website |
History of controversial encroachment
of central banking in the US of A |
| Principles
of Government |
John Locke |
1690 - Concerning the true
origin, extent, and end of Civil Government |
| Historic
Monetary Episodes |
Paul Tustain |
Basic overview of significant
historic monetary events |
| How
Americans Lost Right to Gold |
Henry Holzer |
Constitutional law professor
on the transformation of American society |
| Museum
of Communism |
Bryan Caplan |
Professor of Economics compiles
a museum/obituary on communism |
| Rand
on Money |
Ayn Rand |
From best seller, "Atlas
Shrugged," 'money is the root of all evil' dialogue |
| Revolution
of 1913 |
Tom DiLorenzo |
A video on significance of
the 16th & 17th ammendments, plus Fed |
| Whither
Gold? |
Antal Fekete |
A treatise on the history
of gold flows and the 'constant' utility of money |
| The
Great Depression |
Jude
Wanniski;
28 July 01 |
Fresh
look at causes of the Great Depression, written by Nathan
Lewis, a student of the Supply-Side University |
| Is
Contagion Catching? |
Dave
Lewis;
27 July 01 |
either
US interest rates rise, justifying the exchange rate or the
exchange rate falls, matching the interest rate... |
| Deflation/Hyperinflation |
Antal
Fekete;
07 July 01 |
Ever wider fluctuations in the rate of interest and price
level threaten the entire world economy with destruction |
| The
Evil Empire |
Jude
Wanniski;
04 July 01 |
Evils
of greenback world; IMF safety net for banking system's own
errors at the expense of taxpayers |
| Money
and Idealism |
Dave
Lewis;
02 July 01 |
When
capital markets become a tool for rewarding believers in everlasting
prosperity, they lose... |
| Kondratieff
Revisited |
Antal
Fekete;
22 Jun 01 |
The
honorable Mr. Fekete's discussion is based on a Chapter from
the his projected 3-volume treatise Credit |
| What
Greenspan Thinks |
Antal
Fekete;
22 Jun 01 |
Introduction to Dr. Larry Parks' (FAME.org) new book |
| Buy
& Hold: Myth/Truth |
Hans
Merkelbach;
18 Jun 01 |
Hans
operates www.strategicsector.com
keeping clients informed on the benefits of mutual fund investing |
| Holy
Cow! |
Azteca
de Oro;
12 Jun 01 |
Azteca
de Oro is an Oil & Gas Analyst published at Le Metropole,
the cyberspace cafe |
| Stuffing
the Envelope |
Sean
Corrigan;
06 Jun 01 |
Sean
discusses how conventional economists can't see how Greenspan
has been fooling them |
| Whose
Hand? |
Dave
Lewis;
05 Feb 01 |
"I
fear the Federal Reserve, in rationalizing its policy decisions
to the public, may be in danger of..." |
| A
Tale of Three Lies |
Antal
Fekete;
11 Mar 01 |
Recipient
of the 1996 Bank Lips Prize, author of Whither
Gold?
discusses deceit in monetary policy framework |
| Blitzkrieg,
the New Paradigm |
Gale Bullock |
Bullock colorfully
outlines the strategy of our banking and government elite
in undermining Constitution |
| What
a Dream! |
Daan Joubert;
February 2001 |
A fictional account of Alan
Greenspan, in first person |
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