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A History of Money and Banking in the United States Before the Twentieth Century

A lecture series of 64 recordings (13.0 hours) from the Mises.org media library, with Murray N. Rothbard.

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  1. 01

    1. The History of Money and Banking Before the Twentieth Century

    Murray N. Rothbard · 4:03 · 1.8 MB

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  2. 02

    10. The Second Bank of the United States, 1816-1833

    Murray N. Rothbard · 14:43 · 5.2 MB

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  3. 03

    11. The Jacksonian Movement and the Bank War

    Murray N. Rothbard · 25:32 · 8.9 MB

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  4. 04

    12. The Jacksonians and the Coinage Legislation of 1834

    Murray N. Rothbard · 12:07 · 4.3 MB

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  5. 05

    13. Decentralized Banking from the 1830's to the Civil War

    Murray N. Rothbard · 4:39 · 1.8 MB

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  6. 06

    14. A Free Market “CENTRAL BANK”

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:40 · 776 KB

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  7. 07

    15. A False Start

    Murray N. Rothbard · 0:58 · 513 KB

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  8. 08

    16. Operation Begin

    Murray N. Rothbard · 2:57 · 1.2 MB

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  9. 09

    17. The Country Banks Resist

    Murray N. Rothbard · 0:59 · 522 KB

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  10. 10

    18. Suffolk's Stabalizing Effects

    Murray N. Rothbard · 2:38 · 1.1 MB

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    19. The Stuffolk Difference

    Murray N. Rothbard · 3:03 · 1.2 MB

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  12. 12

    2. Shilling and Dollar Manipulations

    Murray N. Rothbard · 3:14 · 1.2 MB

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  13. 13

    20. The Stuffolk's Demise

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:57 · 874 KB

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  14. 14

    21. The Civil War

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:19 · 655 KB

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  15. 15

    22. Greenbacks

    Murray N. Rothbard · 15:56 · 5.6 MB

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  16. 16

    23. The Public Debt and the National Banking System

    Murray N. Rothbard · 25:35 · 8.9 MB

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  17. 17

    24. The Post Civil War Era: 1865-1879

    Murray N. Rothbard · 22:17 · 7.8 MB

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  18. 18

    25. The Gold Standard Era with the National Banking System, 1879-1913

    Murray N. Rothbard · 5:15 · 2.0 MB

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  19. 19

    26. Prices, Wages, and Real Wages

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:58 · 862 KB

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  20. 20

    27. Interest Rates

    Murray N. Rothbard · 2:21 · 1004 KB

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  21. 21

    28. A Burst in Productivity

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:56 · 854 KB

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  22. 22

    29. Capital Formation

    Murray N. Rothbard · 8:00 · 2.9 MB

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  23. 23

    3. Government Paper Money

    Murray N. Rothbard · 9:31 · 3.3 MB

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  24. 24

    30. 1896: The Transformation of the American Party System

    Murray N. Rothbard · 17:34 · 6.2 MB

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  25. 25

    31. The Progressive Movement

    Murray N. Rothbard · 5:22 · 2.0 MB

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  26. 26

    32. Unhappiness with the National Banking System

    Murray N. Rothbard · 6:02 · 2.3 MB

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    33. The Beginnings of the Reform Movement: The Indianapolis Monetary Convention

    Murray N. Rothbard · 29:15 · 10.2 MB

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  28. 28

    34. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 and After

    Murray N. Rothbard · 12:53 · 4.6 MB

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  29. 29

    35. Charles A. Conant, Surplus Capital, and Economic Imperialism

    Murray N. Rothbard · 22:51 · 8.0 MB

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  30. 30

    36. Conant, Monetary Imperialism, and the Gold-Exchange Standard

    Murray N. Rothbard · 33:20 · 11.6 MB

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  31. 31

    37. Jacob Schiff Ignites the Drive for a Central Bank

    Murray N. Rothbard · 11:43 · 4.2 MB

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  32. 32

    38. The Panic of 1907 and Mobilization for a Central Bank

    Murray N. Rothbard · 30:58 · 10.8 MB

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  33. 33

    39. The Final Phase: Coping with the Democratic Ascendancy

    Murray N. Rothbard · 8:31 · 3.1 MB

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  34. 34

    4. Private Bank Notes

    Murray N. Rothbard · 3:32 · 1.3 MB

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  35. 35

    40. Conclusion to Part II

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:10 · 604 KB

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  36. 36

    41. From Hoover to Roosevelt: The Federal Reserve and the Financial Elites

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:52 · 850 KB

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    42. The Early Fed, 1914-1928: The Morgan Years

    Murray N. Rothbard · 13:15 · 4.7 MB

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    43. The Hoover Fed: Harrison and Young

    Murray N. Rothbard · 14:02 · 5.0 MB

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    44. The Advent of Eugene Meyer, Jr.

    Murray N. Rothbard · 15:04 · 5.4 MB

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    45. Meyer in the Hoover Administration

    Murray N. Rothbard · 22:26 · 7.9 MB

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  41. 41

    46. The New Deal: Going off Gold

    Murray N. Rothbard · 23:08 · 8.1 MB

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  42. 42

    47. Banking and Financial Legislation: 1933-1935

    Murray N. Rothbard · 41:56 · 14.6 MB

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  43. 43

    48. Marriner S. Eccles and the Banking Act of 1935

    Murray N. Rothbard · 23:11 · 8.1 MB

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  44. 44

    49. Epilogue: Return of the Morgans

    Murray N. Rothbard · 6:33 · 2.4 MB

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  45. 45

    5. Revolutionary War Finance

    Murray N. Rothbard · 6:34 · 2.4 MB

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  46. 46

    50. The Gold-Exchange Standard in the Interwar Years

    Murray N. Rothbard · 2:38 · 1.1 MB

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  47. 47

    51. The Classical Gold Standard

    Murray N. Rothbard · 5:43 · 2.2 MB

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  48. 48

    52. Britain Faces the Postwar World

    Murray N. Rothbard · 8:42 · 3.2 MB

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  49. 49

    53. Return to Gold at $4.86: The Cunliffe Committee and After

    Murray N. Rothbard · 16:16 · 5.8 MB

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    54. American Support for the Return to Gold at $4.86: The Morgan Connection

    Murray N. Rothbard · 4:17 · 1.7 MB

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  51. 51

    55. The Establishment of the New Gold Standard of the 1920s: Bullion, Not Coin

    Murray N. Rothbard · 6:45 · 2.5 MB

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  52. 52

    56. The Gold-Exchange Standard, Not Gold

    Murray N. Rothbard · 30:33 · 10.7 MB

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    57. The Gold-Exchange Standard in Operation: 1926-1929

    Murray N. Rothbard · 8:16 · 3.0 MB

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  54. 54

    58. Depression and the End of the Gold-Sterling-Exchange Standard: 1929-1931

    Murray N. Rothbard · 15:36 · 5.5 MB

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  55. 55

    59. Epilogue to Part IV

    Murray N. Rothbard · 3:31 · 1.4 MB

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  56. 56

    6. The Bank of North America

    Murray N. Rothbard · 5:01 · 1.8 MB

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  57. 57

    60. The New Deal and the International Monetary System

    Murray N. Rothbard · 1:02 · 558 KB

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    61. The Background of the 1920s

    Murray N. Rothbard · 29:14 · 10.2 MB

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  59. 59

    62. The First New Deal: Dollar Nationalism

    Murray N. Rothbard · 55:12 · 19.1 MB

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    63. The Second New Deal: The Dollar Triumphant

    Murray N. Rothbard · 23:28 · 8.2 MB

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    64. Epilogue to Part V

    Murray N. Rothbard · 9:37 · 3.5 MB

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  62. 62

    7. The United States: Bimetallic Coinage

    Murray N. Rothbard · 5:11 · 1.9 MB

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  63. 63

    8. The First Bank of the United States, 1791-1811

    Murray N. Rothbard · 6:44 · 2.4 MB

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  64. 64

    9. The War of 1812 and Its Aftermath

    Murray N. Rothbard · 17:36 · 6.2 MB

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