The Creature from Jekyll Island

It reads really nicely, the writing is engaging. Unfortunately it's very US-centric and boringly nationalistic.

The chapters start with factual stories, but then the authors looses himself in ranting about “socialist” USA and free-market arguments long abolished by most economists. Sad, because the “Creature from Jekyll Island” is a huge problem and we'll need to radically change the monetary system. But not back into stone age times of banking...