A History of Money and Banking in the United States
by Murray N. Rothbard

A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II shows through detailed historical investigation how sound money and banking have been the font of prosperity and freedom in American history, and how loose credit, paper money and inflation have led to social and economic calamity.

In chronicling how the gold standard was attacked and destroyed, the Rothbard departs from the conventional method of merely assembling money-supply data to name the special interests that benefited from the destruction.

Rothbard’s story is informed by the Austrian School of economics and is written in the spirit of Rothbard’s teachers, Joseph Dorfmann and Ludwig von Mises. It is a magnificent book without scholarly parallel in the area of monetary history.

America's Great Depression
by Murray N. Rothbard

Applied Austrian economics doesn"t get better than this. Murray N. Rothbard"s America"s Great Depression is a staple of modern economic literature and crucial for understanding a pivotal event in American and world history.

The Great Depression was not a crisis for capitalism but merely an example of the downturn part of the business cycle, which was generated by government intervention in the economy. Had the book appeared in the 1940s, it might have spared the world much grief. Even so, its appearance in 1963 meant that free-market advocates had their first full-scale treatment of this crucial subject. The damage to the intellectual world inflicted by Keynesian- and socialist-style treatments would be limited from that day forward.

The ETF Book: All You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Funds
by Richard A. Ferri

"In The ETF Book, Rick covers the nuts and bolts of ETFs, the nuances of index creation, and even strategies for putting a financial plan based on ETFs into place. He even goes so far as to suggest an innovative new means of classifying and thinking about these new vehicles. In short, he's done the heavy lifting and the background research that investors need to go forth knowledgeably into this exciting new world."  —From the Foreword by Don Phillips, Managing Director, Morningstar

Capitalism : The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Robert Hessen, Alan Greenspan

This edition includes two articles by Ayn Rand which did not appear in the hardcover edition: "The Wreckage of the Consensus," which presents the Objectivists' views on Vietnam and the draft; and "Requiem for Man," an answer to the Papal encyclical Progressio Populorum.

Crossing the Rubicon : September 11 and the Decline of American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
by Michael C. Ruppert

Ruppert (publisher and editor of the newsletter From the Wilderness) charges that the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were carried out with the complicity and connivance of officials operating at the highest levels of the US government. He lays out his argument as if it were the prosecutor's case in a criminal trial, in turn addressing motive (geopolitics and the coming problem of "peak oil"); means (including control of the intelligence and aviation bureaucracies and penetration of Al Qaeda); and opportunity (use of wargames to scramble NORAD response times, for example). He concludes with speculation on how the events of 9-11 fit in with larger trends of geopolitics and empire. Much of the material is reprinted from his website, along with additional commentary. Distributed in the US by Consortium Books Sales and Distribution. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Gold As Investment: Instruments And Trends
by Preeti Phuskele

Gold is called the King of metals because it is amongst the first metals to be mined. For thousands of years, it has been popular as a global currency and an investment. It is virtually indestructible, fungible, highly liquid and can also be mobilized easily and quickly. These features differentiate gold from other assets. Gold is no longer confined to jewellery but is becoming a preferred investment tool. It is liked for its potential for appreciation. Gold is also considered an insurance against unforeseen calamities. A substantial number of investors prefer to invest in gold, as it is understood that, in case of collapse of monetary systems, only gold would have value. Nowadays, investors do not prefer to invest in material gold. Instead, they prefer investments in newer forms like Gold Exchange Traded Fund, Gold Certificates etc. This is because it is easy to carry/transfer bonds and certificates and there is no fear of theft. Gold is also popular as an asset diversifier. It is still in the initial stages of what many financial experts see as a long-term bull market. This book is useful for management students and the investors of the world to become well versed with the emergence of Gold as a medium of investment. It will also help them in understanding future trends of investment in Gold. It is an informative contribution as it is a collection of various articles compiled together with the objective of giving a comprehensive picture of the current trend of investment in Gold.

Dying of Money: Lessons of the Great German and American Inflations
by Jens O. Parsson

Inflation is the state of affairs in which prices go up. This book is a vivid and thorough recounting of the influence of inflation throughout history with special emphasis on the U.S. economy and the hyperinflationary events of the 1920s in the Weimar Republic, Germany.

Oil, God and Gold: The Story of Aramco and the Saudi Kings
by Anthony Cave Brown

Here is the extraordinary tale of what the U.S. State Department once called "the most valuable commercial prize in the history of the planet," the vast oil reserves beneath the sands of the Arabian desert. Using Aramco files never before available to scholars or journalists, dozens of personal interviews, and U.S. and British government documents, Anthony Cave Brown recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate maneuvers aimed at obtaining this unimaginable wealth, an ongoing drama that involved such figures as the great warrior-king Ibn Saud, founder of the Saudi dynasty; H. St. John Philby, the British scholar-adventurer who was a chief advisor to the king; the American philanthropist Charles Crane; Winston Churchill; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and assorted oil-industry executives and engineers across the United States. Played out against a background of war and the turmoil of an ancient culture thrust abruptly into the twentieth century, the struggle to obtain the prize was won by the United States, which emerged from the battle to become the dominant Western power in the Middle East.

Rediscovering Gold in the 21st Century : The Complete Guide to the Next Gold Rush
by Craig R. Smith, David Bradshaw (Editor)

Rediscovering Gold in the 21st Century details why all gold is not created equal when it comes to growth. Mr. Smith explains clearly why some U.S gold coins have averaged 30-40 percent growth per year - even while gold bullion prices dropped - and why this marks the beginning of a new bull market.
Rediscovering Gold in the 21st Century will also help readers to understand the basics of asset allocation to create a hedge for today's volatile stock market and identify which coins offer good growth potential for the future.

Ruff's Little Book of Big Fortunes in Gold and Silver: A Middle Class License to Print Money
by Howard Ruff

Ignoring gold and silver this year will cost you more than all the dumb financial decisions you can make put together.

Ruff’s Little Book of Big Fortunes in Gold and Silver is not written for Wall Street, but for Main Street.

It is a detailed guide to a once-in-a-lifetime chance for middle-class Americans to get rich investing in one of history’s greatest bull markets. Ruff makes a usually arcane subject easy to understand, and even humorous. This bull market will dwarf even the 500% to 1700% profits his readers made in the metals in the 70s, and as usual, Ruff is out in front.

As Yogi Berra said, "It’s déjà vu all over again."

This small book is deliberately designed to teach the investment novice exactly what to do as the bull market unfolds, including why, how and where to buy precious metals and mining stocks—as well as how to avoid costly mistakes.

It is also an essential review for dedicated gold bugs to help them in this new and ever-changing market.

Case against the Fed by
by Murray Newton N. Rothbard

The most powerful case against the American central bank ever written. This work begins with a mini-treatment of money and banking theory, and then plunges right in with the real history of the Federal Reserve System. Rothbard covers the struggle between competing elites and how they converged with the Fed.

Rothbard calls for the abolition of the central bank and a restoration of the gold standard. His popular treatment incorporates the best and most up-to-date scholarship on the Fed's origins and effects.

The Cautious Investor's Guide to Profit in Precious Metals
by Daniel M. Kehrer

Because neither he nor anyone else knows the future direction of precious metal prices, Kehrer advises taking a balanced view on the place of metals in an overall investment plan. In his assessment, the counter-inflationary properties of metals are still in place and, for this and other reasons, the potential volatility of paladium and platinum prices is explosive in comparison to gold and silver. Kehrer discusses the various ways of buying, selling, and owning metals and, notwithstanding his reluctance to gaze into the future, he does offer advice on timing the purchase of precious metals. A worthwhile update to investment collections. Joseph Barth, U.S. Military Acad. Lib., West Point, Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The Great Depression: America 1929-1941
by Robert S. McElvaine

A perennial backlist performer.

The Great Reckoning
by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg

In Blood in the Streets and in the first edition of The Great Reckoning, James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg have proven to be most accurate forecasters. They foresaw the 1987 crash of the Wall Street stock market, the real estate bust, the downfall of Communism, the trouble with the S&Ls, and Tokyo's stock market crash. Now in this revised and updated edition of The Great Reckoning, among hundreds of predictions, they foresee that the rest of the 1990s will be even more difficult, with the bankruptcy of the welfare state; the breakup of many large institutions, including a number of nation-states; greater decline in real estate prices; debt implosion; and the insolvency of many consumers and corporations. The Great Reckoning analyzes an event that is yet to happen - the final depression of the twentieth century. "The postwar world as we have known it since 1945 is coming to an end," write Davidson and Rees-Mogg. They believe that the rest of the decade will usher in a revolution in the organization of human affairs that will alter all our lives. More than at any time since the end of World War II, we are vulnerable to financial, economic, and political upheaval. Davidson and Rees-Mogg, who predicted the current recession, have now devised a plan for thriving in difficult times. Looking into the future - politically, socially, financially - they make assumptions about the next ten years and devise a strategy for success. As they did in their previous book, Blood in the Streets, Davidson and Rees-Mogg show you how to prosper in lean times. From a directory that ranks the best American places to live, to a listing of both troubled and sound banks, to predictions of which businesses will flourish and which will struggle, The Great Reckoning includes indispensable information for surviving and prospering in a decade of economic crisis.

The History of Money
by Jack Weatherford

In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all-purpose electronic cash card. 320 pp. Author tour. National radio publicity. 25,000 print.

New World of Gold
by Timothy S. Green

This first paperback edition of The New World of Gold is a complete update. Gold expert Timothy Green has made extensive revisions to give the reader details of all the recent developments in the still-glittering gold picture.

The New World of Gold covers its subject from Klondike days to the excitement of gold-trading in today's Hong Kong. The author has approached his subject as a "journalist looking at who mines, who markets, who smuggles, and who buys gold in the 1980s."

The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession
by Peter L. Bernstein

Financial consultant and economic historian Bernstein tells how people have become intoxicated, and empires have risen and fallen, over the shiny metal. He begins with such myths as Jason and the Argonauts, Midas, and the Golden Calf. Then he narrates the invention of coinage, the transformation of gold into money, and the establishment of the gold standard, and the freeing of currency from that standard.

What Has Government Done to Our Money?
by Murray Newton N. Rothbard,

The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar was written a decade before the last vestiges of the gold standard were abolished. His unique plan for making the dollar sound again still holds up. Some people have said: Rothbard tells us what is wrong with money but not what to do about it. Well, by adding this essay, the problem and the answer are united in a comprehensive whole. After presenting the basics of money and banking theory, he traces the decline of the dollar from the 18th century to the present, and provides lucid critiques of central banking, New Deal monetary policy, Nixonian fiat money, and fixed exchange rates. He also provides a blueprint for a return to a 100 percent reserve gold standard. The book made huge theoretical advances. He was the first to prove that the government, and only the government, can destroy money on a mass scale, and he showed exactly how they go about this dirty deed. But just as importantly, it is beautifully written. He tells a thrilling story because he loves the subject so much. The passion that Murray feels for the topic comes through in the prose and transfers to the reader. Readers become excited about the subject, and tell others. Students tell professors. Some, like the great Ron Paul of Texas, have even run for political office after having read it. Rothbard shows precisely how banks create money out of thin air and how the central bank, backed by government power, allows them to get away with it. He shows how exchange rates and interest rates would work in a true free market. When it comes to describing the end of the gold standard, he is not content to describe the big trends. He names names and ferrets out all the interest groups involved. Since Rothbard's death, scholars have worked to assess his legacy, and many of them agree that this little book is one of his most important. Though it has sometimes been inauspiciously packaged and is surprisingly short, its argument took huge strides toward explaining that it is impossible to understand public affairs in our time without understanding money and its destruction.

When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change
by Mohamed A. El-Erian

Winner of the 2008 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems--and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some have tended to view asset class mispricings as mere “noise,� this compelling book shows why they are important signals of opportunities and risks that will shape the market for years to come. One of today's most respected names in finance, Mohamed El-Erian puts recent events in their proper context, giving you the tools that can help you interpret the markets, benefit from global economic change, and navigate the risks.

The world economy is in the midst of a series of hand-offs. Global growth is now being heavily influenced by nations that previously had little or no systemic influence. Former debtor nations are building unforeseen wealth and, thus, enjoying unprecedented influence and facing unusual challenges. And new derivative products have changed the behavior of many market segments and players. Yet, despite all these changes, the system's infrastructure is yet to be upgraded to reflect the realities of today's and tomorrow's world.

When Markets Collide is a unique collection of books for investors and policy makers around the world. In addition to providing a thorough analysis and clear perspective of recent events, it lays down a detailed map for navigating your way through an otherwise perplexing new economic landscape.

Portable Wealth: The Complete Guide To Precious Metals Investment
by Adam Starchild

None of us wants to watch our hard-earned money go up like paper in the wind. Open this book and discover how precious metals can add weight and substance to your investment portfolio in a time when very little is considered solid or certain. It could be worth its weight in gold.

Greenspan's Bubbles : The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
by William Fleckenstein

No matter who you are-investor, trader, homeowner, 401(k) holder, or CEO-you are bound to feel the impact of Alan Greenspan's “Age of Ignorance� for years to come.

According to MSN Money columnist William A. Fleckenstein, Greenspan's nearly 19-year career as Federal Reserve Chairman is even worse than anyone imagined. Labeled “Mr. Bubble� by the New York Times, Greenspan was nothing less than a serial bubble blower with a long history of bad decision-making. His famous “Greenspan Put� fueled the perception of a Goldilocks economy-but, as this explosive exposé reveals, the bear has finally caught up with Goldilocks.

Using transcripts of Greenspan's FOMC meetings as well as testimony before Congress, this eye-opening book delivers a timeline of his most devastating mistakes and weaves together the connection between every economic calamity of the past 19 years.

Investing in Gold: The Essential Safe Haven Investment for Every Portfolio
by Jonathan Spall

A timely guide to the “recession-proof� commodity.

Every investor values gold, but few deeply understand its unique position in the financial market. Categorized as a “safe-haven� asset, this precious metal can rally by stock-market slides and often increases in value during times of inflation. This comprehensive guide provides you all the iknowledge you need to capitalize in the gold market.

Jonathan Spall, an expert in the precious metals markets, provides a thorough tutorial on one of the world's most valuable assets, from how gold is mined and processed, to market and pricing trends, to its unique position in the marketplace. He also reveals the answers to why gold is presently at record highs and debunks some of the myths surrounding gold.

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by Niall Ferguson

Money, says the song, makes the world go round. It can also threaten to stop it. Thus, a book that explains the origin and growth of money, banks, stock markets, and the exotic growth of the financial instruments and institutions that often bewilder even those who live by them, is a valuable thing. Despite the fact that Niall Ferguson finished writing The Ascent of Money in the late spring of 2008, while the international financial crisis was still gathering momentum, this is a highly relevant book. Not the least of its merits is that Ferguson shows how alert he was to the possibilities for disaster inherent in the loose credit and securitization of bad debt from which so much money was made before the crisis unfolded. His was an alertness made possible by a grasp of history; Ferguson thereby vindicates the utility as well as the beauty of his craft.