Secrets of the Temple (William Greider)
Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider
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Book by William Greider. He's too bright for The Washington Post. I think it was published in maybe 1990 or 91. It's about the Paul Volcker Federal Reserve.
Episode 123: Get Off My Chain! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:26:29 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave's long-running nightstand book: a ~700-page inside history of the Paul Volcker-era Federal Reserve, published around 1987. He values it as history from people who were there, not as a hit piece.
Not in the audio. Full subtitle and 1987 publication year are from outside knowledge; on air Dave guessed 1990/91. 'He's too bright for The Washington Post' is a transcription garble (likely 'he wrote for').
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Episode 125: Wolf Nuts (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:11:26 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
And I love books like this, because it was written. It was written in like 1991. So this historical perspective from this completely unpolluted by any modern politics
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Episode 127: Fortress of Freedom (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:51:51 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
I'm not reading it for incredibly harsh criticism of the Federal Reserve it's really history to me like I want to hear what was going on at the time from somebody who was there
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Episode 135: Maximizing the Pull (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:40:06 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
on my nightstand right now I've got a still got the secrets of this simple will be on the nightstand for at least another year because it's 700 pages.
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