Back to the Scene of the Crime: A Return to Jekyll Island: The Origins, History, and Future of the Federal Reserve
Back to the Scene of the Crime: A Return to Jekyll Island: The Origins, History, and Future of the Federal Reserve
November 2nd, 2010
See: The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin.
Via: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta:
This special conference marks the centenary of the 1910 Jekyll Island meeting that resulted in draft legislation for the creation of a U.S. central bank. Parts of this draft (the Aldrich plan) were incorporated into the 1913 Federal Reserve Act. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the drafting of the Aldrich plan, the conference will take place at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel on Jekyll Island, Georgia—the same building where the 1910 meeting occurred.
The conference’s discussions focus on three themes: the origins of the Fed and lessons from the pre-1913 era, how closely the Fed’s actual performance has adhered to the original vision expressed by the framers of the Aldrich plan, and what the Fed’s almost 100-year track record teaches us about its role going forward.
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