{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d44786?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How the Federal Reserve Works","description":"<p>George Selgin joins us again on Free Thoughts for a conversation about the origins and role of the Federal Reserve.</p><p>What is the Federal Reserve? What does it do, and what authority does it have? Why was the Fed created, and what was it’s role in the 2008 financial crisis?</p><p><strong>Show Notes and Further Reading</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/new-yorks-bank-national-monetary-commission-founding-fed\">Here is Selgin’s newest study on the founding of the Federal Reserve</a>.</p><p>Here are our previous Free Thoughts episodes with Selgin:</p><a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/story-money-united-states\">The Story of Money in the United States</a><a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/gold-standard-wont-be-coming-back\">The Gold Standard Won’t Be Coming Back</a>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}