Books, organizations, tools, and experts for understanding monetary policy, Austrian economics, and alternatives to central banking.
Proposals for monetary reform from economists, policymakers, and thinkers who advocate for sound money principles and limits on central bank power.
Restore convertibility of the dollar to gold, limiting the government's ability to inflate the money supply.
Allow private currencies to compete with Federal Reserve notes, including cryptocurrencies and precious metals.
Former U.S. Congressman, Presidential Candidate
Dr. Ron Paul served in Congress for over 20 years and ran for President multiple times on a platform of sound money, limited government, and personal liberty. He has been the most prominent critic of the Federal Reserve in modern American politics.
“It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.”
— End the Fed
Economist, Austrian School Founder
One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, Mises developed the Austrian theory of the business cycle and was a fierce critic of central banking and socialism.
High-quality databases, research platforms, and primary sources for conducting your own analysis of monetary policy, wages, productivity, and economic history. Both free and institutional resources included.
Federal Reserve Economic Data - access to historical data on productivity, wages, inflation, and monetary aggregates.
Official U.S. government source for wage data, employment statistics, productivity measures, and Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data.
Research institute providing detailed analysis of wage stagnation, productivity-pay gap, and working-class economic trends.
National Bureau of Economic Research - peer-reviewed economics research on monetary policy, central banking, and macroeconomics.
Academic journal archive with thousands of peer-reviewed papers on monetary economics, central banking history, and Austrian economics.
Free access to global development data including inflation rates, GDP, monetary aggregates, and comparative economic indicators.
Non-partisan analysis of Federal Reserve policy, monetary legislation, and banking regulation for U.S. Congress.
Official Federal Reserve archives including FOMC meeting minutes, historical policy statements, and economic research papers.
Long-term gold price data from 1968-present, useful for analyzing gold standard history and monetary alternatives.
Historical calculators and datasets for comparing economic values across time, including real wage calculations and purchasing power.
Professional-grade financial data platform with comprehensive monetary policy data, central bank communications, and economic indicators.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tool for calculating purchasing power changes over time using official Consumer Price Index data.
Research-based interactive visualizations of long-run economic data including wages, productivity, and living standards.
By Ron Paul
Ron Paul's comprehensive case for abolishing the Federal Reserve and returning to sound money principles.
Leading center for Austrian economics research and education. Extensive library of articles, books, and lectures on sound money.
By Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard's classic introduction to monetary theory and the case against government monopoly on money.
Ron Paul's organization promoting non-interventionist foreign policy and sound economic policy.
Dive deeper into monetary policy, Federal Reserve history, and economic theory.