37. Jacob Schiff Ignites the Drive for a Central Bank

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

02/24/2011 Murray N. Rothbard

From Part II of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The Origins of the Federal Reserve”. Narrated by Matthew Mezinskis.

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