Monetary Powers of the U.S. Constitution: Under Art. 1, § 8, cl. 5 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress is granted the power to coin money, and via Art. 1, § 10, cl. 1, the states are disabled from making anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debt. This brief, about 18 years old now and in need of serious redrafting, covers a wide variety of state and federal cases addressing the monetary powers and disabilities contained in the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps this brief constitutes a decent introduction to this most important subject.

Antebellum Money Cases: There were a number of state court decisions regarding money prior to the War of Northern Aggression that are compiled in this long file. Interesting reading.

The Works of Dr. Edwin Vieira:

Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., is without question the most knowledgeable legal scholar regarding the monetary system of our nation. He has written many articles on the subject of money and the Federal Reserve System.

II. Historical Works and Other Information:

De Moneta: Bishop Nicole Oresme, a mathematician, astronomer and economist who lived during the 14th century, wrote this work entitled “De origine, natura, jure et mutationibus monetarum,” here translated from the French. This powerful work provides a glimpse of Medieval thought on the subject of coinage and money. 

The Royal Bank: The history of John Law's banking experience in 18th century France.

A Caveat Against Injustice: In 1752, Roger Sherman, author of Art. 1, § 10, cl. 1, of the U.S. Constitution, wrote this short treatise; it is a “must” read!

Freneau Editorial: Philip Freneau was editor of the National Gazette in the early 1790s and one of the editorials he wrote and published was entitled “Rules for Changing a Republic into a Monarchy,” republished here, which was an amazing prediction of our future and the Federal Reserve System.

Panic of 1819: The Von Mises Institute is making available Murray Rothbard’s great book about this panic.

Short History of Paper-Money: In 1833, William M. Gouge, who opposed the 2nd Bank of the United States along with President Andrew Jackson, wrote this excellent book. The Mises Institute in Auburn makes available the same book, Short History of Paper-Money and Banking in the United States, as a PDF image. Gouge also wrote The Curse of Paper-Money and Banking. The Mises Institute makes available a large number of texts regarding money and economics here.

1832 Congressional Report on Operations of Second Bank of the United States: This report was generated at a time when debate on the question of the re-charter of the Bank was before Congress.

The Second Bank of the United States: Ralph Catterall wrote this lengthy history of that banking institution which was ultimately put out of business by President Andy Jackson. 

Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States: This short book provides a good examination of Jackson’s battle against Nicholas Biddle and the Bank.

During the War of Northern Aggression, Congress authorized the first emissions of legal tender “Greenbacks.” Alex Del Mar, a noted author regarding money and economics, wrote a great book about expected events that might happen as a result of the emission of legal tender paper money. His Great Paper Bubble is a worthy read. See also A History of the Precious Metals and other similar works posted here.

The Coming Battle: In 1899, M.W. Walbert wrote this book regarding our monetary system; this is a book you should read. It appears here as a PDF file. You may also order a reprint of this book from Paul Walter. 

The Federal Reserve Act: The 1913 Federal Reserve Act, 38 Stat. 251, is posted here as a PDF of the act itself. 

1923 Congressional Record: In May, 1920, the Federal Reserve Board met and agreed to contract credit for the first time in its short history. A publisher of a newsletter, the Manufacturer’s Record, obtained a copy of the transcript of that meeting and eventually the story about the meeting and its effect appeared in the Congressional Record for 1923. This file is a PDF of these pages from the Congressional Record; it is 2100 KB in size. I have also posted a text conversion of these pages here. 

McFadden's Speech: Congressman Louis McFadden spoke before Congress in 1933 about the evils of the Federal Reserve System and this file is a reproduction of his famous speech which was printed in the Congressional Record.

Great Myths of the Great Depression, by Lawrence Reed: This is an excellent explanation of the sinister events of the depression. 

Primer on Money: Congressman Wright Patman’s banking and currency committee published this excellent work about money in 1964.  This link goes to this document posted on Devvy Kidd’s website.

Econ Works: This site has some downloadable texts regarding economics and currency.

Economics in One Easy Lesson: This book teaches economics to those wanting to know more about this fascinating topic.

How Americans Lost Their Right To Own Gold And Became Criminals in the Process: This is an excellent law review article by Henry Mark Holzer. 39 Brooklyn Law Review 517 (1973).

Popp Cookie Jar: Read it.

Fractional Reserve Banking as Economic Parasitism: This scholarly article written by Vlad Nuri is another great read that makes the point that the Fed is a parasite, harmful to the interests of the American people.

Borrowing Currency Into Circulation: This short memo discusses the adverse economic consequences resulting from the manner by which credit (“money”) is created today.

Views of a Moneychanger: Franklin Sanders is a “moneychanger” having a wide variety of views regarding money, taxes and fighting governmental injustice. Here is a snapshot of some of his thinking. Visit Franklin's Moneychanger web  site. If you need specie, contact him.

Golden Sextant: Regie Howe has a good collection of articles regarding the gold standard.

Billions for the Bankers: Almost 20 years ago, Pastor Sheldon Emry wrote this short pamphlet explaining the operation of our banking system. This booklet needs wide circulation.

Fed: Myth or Reality? What does the Fed itself say about some of the matters posted above? Why don't you read this recent Fed publication and find out. Please also read the Fed's Modern Money Mechanics. How about an analysis of an old Fed publication? Read what SW Adams wrote years ago.

Ownership of money and the induction of value to money: Italian Prof. Giacinto Auriti shows that the Italians are thinking about some very basic points regarding money and credit.

IV. Confessions from the central bank industry.

The Netherlands Central Bank has just published a fascinating new paper, titled “Monetary policy and the top one percent: Evidence from a century of modern economic history”.   Summaries of this report have been published by ZeroHedge and the True Economics website.