Planet Money had an interesting show about this: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/12/20/255839292/episode-505-a-locked-door-a-secret-meeting-and-the-birth-o

Planet Money had an interesting show about this: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/12/20/255839292/episode-505-a-locked-door-a-secret-meeting-and-the-birth-of-the-fed http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/12/20/255839292/episode-...