I'm Doing a Speech Against the Federal Reserve--Source Suggestions?

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First off: hello, everyone. I’ve been signed up for a while, meaning to post somewhere, but whenever I look at topics and see what everyone says, I really feel my ignorance. I’ve only recently really started my unlearning of the fallacies spoon-fed to me in school and learning some good ol’ Austrian Economics. I’ll probably post later with more questions.

But I digress, on to my actual issue (and apologies if this is the wrong forum):

I’m doing a persuasive speech against the Federal Reserve system in my speech class on Wednesday. I already have Ron Paul’s “End the Fed” but I’d like to ask you guys: are there any sources (be they articles, books, whatever) that you really recommend for me to read in order to get arguments and evidence against the Fed?

Also, I think I once saw a chart that showed overall price levels declining until 1913, when they began rising, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I saw it. Would anyone know where I could find that chart?

Thanks in advance, my friends.

Edit: And for some reason it’s not letting me space out paragraphs, so my entire post is all in one giant WORD BLOB. Anyone know how to deal with that? When I go to edit, it shows that I’ve got everything spaced out…

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Welcome. Rothbard’s “The Case Against The Fed” ( http://mises.org/books/fed.pdf ) – aptly named for your speech, too. Everyone has been having editing problems due to some changes/updates done to the server. Z.

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theres a video here about the fed, really good one

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Thank you very much, Z. That’ll help a lot. I can’t say I’ve read any Rothbard yet but I’ve heard he has a very fiery, unique tone of writing. Should be fun to read through.

Edit: @SmilingDave: I’ll go look for it, then. Thank you.

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I have a speech on wednesday as well, I’m doing the benefits of free trade. This site has really helped me haha