OnBanks

Banks are really interesting things. Given their role in creating money through FractionalReserveBanking and other important functions in the economy.

• Demythologizing Central Bankers and the Great Moderation : http://www.thomaspalley.com/?p=103

More on banks :

• WalletsReplaceBanks

• FinancialIntermediaries

• The Quick Buck Becomes Quicker, how banks use IT and other financial modelling : (See http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Pagels/Quick/ (See also HotMoney, OnGlobalization)

• wilder ConspiracyThinking. I don't necessarily believe / endorse this (or at least the way it's presented) but worth keeping a link to : http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/redir/index343.html