# Any good books about the Federal Reserve?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-books-about-the-federal-reserve/525770 "2010-01-21T00:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-books-about-the-federal-reserve/525770/1 "2010-01-21T00:34:02Z")

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I’m interested in learning more about the history of the Fed and monetary policy in general. Recommendations for the layman, pretty please.

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**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-books-about-the-federal-reserve/525770/2 "2010-01-21T14:31:59Z")

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My [suggestion](http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Temple-Federal-Reserve-Country/dp/0671675567/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264083984&sr=1-1). It’s not so much a Fed history as a look at the Fed during the Volcker/Reagan era, but it does have a section giving broader historical information about the development of central banking.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-books-about-the-federal-reserve/525770/3 "2010-01-22T05:33:48Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion. The title makes it sound kinda like a wacky conspiracy book, but the reviews seem decent enough.

Any others?