Too Much, Too Little

Description

This Federal Reserve film covers the history of U.S. money and monetary policy, and episodes in U.S. history when the country was faced with problems of too much or too little money, explaining why this is a problem. It covers British-caused coin shortages during Colonial times, and Revolutionary War periods, the years of the two Banks of the United States, the Civil War period, and the Greenback and Populist eras, the gold standard, and the Federal Reserve.

Runtime

25 min 5 sec

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