Books like In Fed we trust by David Wessel

Lords of Finance retraces the 1929 collapse through portraits of four central bankers whose policy choices unleashed the Great Depression.

Ron Paul challenges the Federal Reserve’s role, arguing it is corrupt, unconstitutional, and driving rampant inflation, and urges reform of U.S. monetary policy.

Conventionally, monetary problems have been examined with reference to a monetary framework which has little to do with the real world of banking. The purpose of this volume is to provide an alternative analysis to monetary economics based on the distinctive properties of bank money. In Monetary Theory: National and International the author argues that a new approach is needed which will be capable of providing modern analytical instruments based on the intrinsic nature of bank money. This analysis is based on the principles of book entry money and monetary problems are investigated from a structural point of view. The book: * analyses money by referring directly to bank's book entries; * shows that the distinction between money and income is rooted in the everyday practice of central and secondary banks; * examines exchange rate instability and financial crisis; * puts forward an alternative proposal for European Monetary Union

Ben Bernanke, former Federal Reserve Chair, chronicles his key role in steering the U.S. and global economies through the 2008 financial crisis, revealing the inner workings of monetary policy during a tumultuous era.

The world is drowning in cash--and it's making us poorer and less safe. In The Curse of Cash, Kenneth Rogoff, one of the world's leading economists, makes a persuasive and fascinating case for an idea that until recently would have seemed outlandish: getting rid of most paper money.--Amazon.com

An analytical look at the causes and fallout of the U.S. housing crisis, examining mortgage finance, global securitization, and political accountability, and exploring lessons for the ongoing economic disaster.