The NY Times ran a timeline piece called America's Endless War Over Money providing an abbreviated view of the historical development of central banking but worth a look.
Thought it prescient that on the day Rand Paul announced his Presidential candidacy they ended with a quote from Ron Paul's “End the Fed” (2009):
“The Federal Reserve System must be challenged. Ultimately, it must be eliminated. The government cannot and should not be trusted with a monopoly on money. No single institution in society should have power this immense."
Thought it prescient that on the day Rand Paul announced his Presidential candidacy they ended with a quote from Ron Paul's “End the Fed” (2009):
“The Federal Reserve System must be challenged. Ultimately, it must be eliminated. The government cannot and should not be trusted with a monopoly on money. No single institution in society should have power this immense."