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Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country

This book by an eminent journalist tells the story of the wrenching changes that the US economy has been put thru during the Reagan administration.

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Secrets of the Temple

The Choice of Wall Street

In the Temple

A Pact with the Devil

Behavior Modification

The Liberal Apology

The Roller Coaster

The Money Question

The God Almighty Dollar

Democratic Money

The Great Compromise

Leaning Against the Wind

The Liquidation

A Car with Two Drivers

That Old-Time Religion

Slaughter of the Innocents

The Turn

The Restoration of Capital

A Game of Chicken

Winners and Losers

"Morning Again in America"

The Triumph of Money

Appendices

Reference Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Audience
adult

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