Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Regulatory Sources of Financial Instability
1. "Central Banks as Sources of Financial Instability." The Independent
Review, Spring 2010.
2. "Legal Restrictions, Financial Weakening, and the Lender of Last
Resort." Cato Journal, Fall 1989.
3. "A Fiscal Theory of Government's Role in Money" (with Lawrence H.
White). Economic Inquiry, January 1999.
Part II: Before the Fed
4. "The Suppression Of State Banknotes: A Reconsideration." Economic
Inquiry, October 2000.
5. "Monetary Reform and the Redemption of National Bank Notes, 1863-1913"
(with Lawrence H. White). Business History Review, Summer 1994.
6. "New York's Bank: The National Monetary Commission and the Founding of
the Fed." Cato Institute Policy Analysis, May 2016.
Part III: The Federal Reserve Era
7. "The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States." Cato
Institute Policy Analysis, June 2013.
8. "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" (with William D. Lastrapes and Lawrence H.
White). Journal of Macroeconomics, September 2012.
9. "Operation Twist-The-Truth: How the Federal Reserve Misrepresents its
History and Performance." Cato Journal, Spring/Summer 2014.
10. "Liberty Street: Bagehotian Prescriptions for a 21st Century Money
Market." Cato Journal, Spring/Summer 2012.
