For better or mostly worse, the Federal Reserve has been governing the monetary system of the United States since 1914. The visual history [3] below maps the rise of the Fed from its origins as a relatively minor institution, often controlled by Presidents and The Treasury to its supposedly independent and self-aware current position as, arguably, the most powerful entity in the world. And because we always like to be 'fair-and-balanced' we juxtapose this clarifying truth of the maniacal growth of the Fed's balance sheet and shift from passive to hyperactive - highlighting every major macro-economic and political event on the way - with G. Edward Griffin's 1994 speech on 'The Creature From Jekyll Island'.
Full Infographic available here [3].
1914-1936
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1936-1968
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1968-1999
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1999-2010
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And The Creature From Jekyll Island:
and the full free edition of the visual history here: