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William Greider’s groundbreaking bestseller reveals how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates—and manipulates and the world’s economy. This ground-breaking best-seller reveals for the first time how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates—and how it manipulated and transformed both the American economy and the world's during the last eight crucial years. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players, Secrets of the Temple takes us inside the government institution that is in some ways more secretive than the CIA and more powerful than the President or Congress.

This ground-breaking best-seller reveals for the first time how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates — and how it manipulated and transformed both the American economy and the world's during the last eight crucial years. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players, Secrets of the Temple takes us inside the government institution that is in some ways more secretive than the CIA and more powerful than the President or Congress.

Publishers Weekly

In this penetrating study of the Federal Reserve Board in the Reagan era, Rolling Stone writer Greider (The Education of David Stockman) views the ``Fed'' chairman (until recently Paul Volcker) as the ``second most powerful'' officer of government, the high priest of a temple as mysterious as money itself, its processes unknown to the public and yet to be fully understood by any modern president. Controlling the money supply by secretly buying and selling government bonds and thus affecting interest rates, the Fed can manipulate billions in business profits or losses and millions in worker employment and stock, bond or bank account values, the author explains. Greider's conclusions are startling at times. The Fed, he maintains, could have prevented the 1929 crash. He also asserts the ``awkward little secret'' that the federal government deliberately induces recessions, usually to bring down inflation and interest rates. A time-consuming but extremely informative read. (November 30)

1 THE CHOICE OF WALL STREET 2 IN THE TEMPLE 3 A PACT WITH THE DEVIL 4 BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION 5 THE LIBERAL APOLOGY 6 THE ROLLER COASTER 7 THE GOD ALMIGHTY DOLLAR 8 DEMOCRATIC MONEY 9 THE GREAT COMPROMISE 10 LEANING AGAINST THE WIND 11 A CAR WITH TWO DRIVERS 12 THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION 13 SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS 14 THE TURN 15 A GAME OF CHICKEN 16 WINNERS AND LOSERS 17 “MORNING AGAIN IN AMERICA” 18 THE TRIUMPH OF MONEY APPENDICES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR BACK COVER "A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references (p. [733]-766) and index http://archive.org/details/secretsoftemple000grei