Possible Fed Essay Topics: "The Future of the Fed"

Before choosing a topic, be sure to read the topic primer here.

1. Replace the Federal Reserve with the Gold Standard.
2. Stay the Course. ex. - No economic depressions since the Great Depression. We need a "lender of last resort" in a financial crisis.
3. Alternatives to the Fed: Use money besides the US Dollar: (ex. Bitcoin)

Fed Essay Sources

Click on the following articles for good info regarding your topic.
A good place to start: Resources on the Fed Essay page. Click Here.

• History of the Federal Reserve. 
• The Fed underestimates the financial crisis of 2008.
•  Did the Fed cause the housing bubble? 
•  A new bubble in stocks due to the Fed?
• Maybe the Fed isn't so powerful after all?
•  Bernanke Defends Fed Response to financial crisis. 
• The Fed Saved a 2nd Great Depression. 

End/Reform the Fed and the Gold Standard articles:

•  End the Fed? 
• Gold vs. The Fed: The record is clear. Gold wins
• Should we return to the Gold Standard?
• End the Fed? Now what? 
• Alternatives to the Fed.
• The Fed deserves blame for the financial crisis
• Fed assets reach $4 Trillion. 
• Will Bitcoin replace the Federal Reserve? 
• Limited Purpose Banking.
• GOOD! Ideas for reforming the Fed.
• Fed Policy hasn't worked to solve the financial crisis. 

Videos: 

• What is a gold standard? 
• Should we end the Fed? How can it be done, explained. 
• "60 Minutes" Interview w/ Fed Chair Ben Bernanke part 1
• "60 Minutes" Interview w/ Fed Chair Ben Bernanke part 2

FED ESSAY CONTEST IS HERE! TOPIC: THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S NEXT 100 YEARS.

Please click here for more info on the topic, and to read articles to help you write your essay. Due March 14th.

Also see previous winners of a $100 dollar bill from Armstrong.