Try reading, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World. It won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for History, among other accolades. I certainly enjoyed it, though I read it on the heels of the 2008 financial crisis, which may have made it feel especially salient.
I haven't seen any evidence for that.
> This is why the Fed is biased toward inflation.
The Fed is biased toward inflation because that way the government can spend more without raising taxes.