In his new book, Who Needs the Fed?: What Taylor Swift, Uber and Robots Tell Us About Money, Credit, and Why We Should Abolish America’s Central Bank, John Tamny argues that the core functions of the federal reserve system are better met by market mechanisms.

Please join us for drinks and hors d’oeuvres on Thursday, August 18 in downtown Seattle at Maximilien as we celebrate the book’s release.

Date/Time: Thursday, August 18 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Place: Maximilien is located in Pike Place Market of Seattle, on the main floor, between Don and Joe’s Meat and the Market Spice shop.

(The restaurant is south of Pike Place Fish Co.)

RSVP: by Monday, August 15 to Mary Toledo

at 310-391-2245 or mtoledo@reason.org

John is Reason Foundation’s Senior Fellow in Economics, the political economy editor at Forbes, and editor of RealClearMarkets.com. He writes frequently about the securities markets as well as tax, trade and monetary policy issues, and his articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Financial Times, National Review and London’s Daily Telegraph.