Introduction to Murray Rothbard’s History of Money and Banking in the United States

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07/20/2005 Articles of Interest Joseph T. Salerno

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Introduction to A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II by Murray N. Rothbard (Auburn: Mises Institute, 2002), pp. 7-44. Available as PDF document.

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