The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin

7.5 out of 10

Highly focused on the perils and grifts of central banking, Griffin gives a surprisingly readable and coherent counterargument to the prevailing belief that the Federal Reserve is necessary.  It is much much much more naive to believe that it is benevolent. Citizens should be skeptical of politicians and bankers becoming bedfellows.  Governments can spend themselves out of problems, but ultimately put the burden on the people.  The history of fiat money has always led to inflation--which is absolutely equivalent to a tax.