About this book
G. Edward Griffin investigates the origins and purpose of the Federal Reserve, tracing it to a secret 1910 meeting on Jekyll Island where powerful bankers and Senator Nelson Aldrich drafted its blueprint. He argues the Fed functions as a banking cartel serving its own interests, and links central banking to war, inflation, boom-bust cycles, and depression. The fifth edition adds analysis of bank bailouts and revisions to the list of Jekyll Island attendees.