banking

Essentials of Banking (Essentials Series)
$39.95
Disapointing. Not useful. Many other books explain far better the classic features of banking. The text explains only the qualitative aspects of banking, not the basic quantitative features of risk, interest rates and accountability.

The Mystery of Banking
$20.00
The state can tax you now, or borrow and tax your children, or it can inflate the money supply, use the new money first and rob you of the purchasing power of your savings. The third alternative is a favorite of the state. This book makes it plain that there has always been an unholy alliance between banks and the state. The events of 2008 were nothing new, and the piddly legislation that congress is bantering about doesn't even come close to "making sure this won't happen again." On the contrary, it is almost a certainty that it will happen again and again until we return to sound money and banking.

Dictionary of Banking Terms (Barron's Business Guides)
$14.99
I ordered this book July 4, 2009. It was suppose to be here in 2-4 days. It is now August 4, 2009 and I have not received my book yet. I emailed the vendor and have had zero response. I am very dissapointed and want an answer to where my book is.

A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold (Peter L. Bernstein's Finance Classics)
$19.95
I took a couple of economics courses, but was never sure that I got the basics of monetary policies right. This book did what all those intersecting IS-LM lines and pages of mathematical calculations did not - it explained me what money is, how it is 'created', how gold-bond-currency are all interlinked in a larger monetary system, how banks play a role in mapping the course of economic growth and inflation. The book is an easy read, with lots of simple and historical examples. Now I think I can make more sense of the WSJ articles and CNBC commentaries. Highly recommend it if you want a solid primer on money and banking systems.