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  <title><![CDATA[The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve]]></title>
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  <default_description>Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians' secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A dry and boring subject? Just wait! You'll be hooked in five minutes. Reads like a detective story &amp;#151; which it really is. But it's all true. This book is about the most blatant scam of all history. It's all here: the cause of wars, boom-bust cycles, inflation, depression, prosperity. Creature from Jekyll Island will change the way you view the world, politics, and money. Your world view will definitely change. You'll never trust a politician again &amp;#151; or a banker.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1994</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[G. Edward Griffin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most important books of the 21st century...I say 21st because it is very &quot;now&quot; in it's significance and will predict the downfall of our current economic system...both here at home and worldwide...<br/><br/>If you have ever wondered what the Fed actually is or why thes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4159461">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 09 08:49:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 08:54:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is amazing I bought it about 2 years ago before the finacial meltdown, I have never been comfortable with the way our finacial institution is ran.  I believe a lot of the individuals that are making the laws are more corrupted than those on the streets.  Anyhow this book really goes into t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52063332">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39720766">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Dan Mortensen, Patty Adams]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Donna Thomas]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 09 15:18:31 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 12:35:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was given to me by a respected friend who read it several years ago and went out of her way to find me a copy because of its relevance to what is happening in the financial realm now (bailouts, massive debt, etc.). After reading it, I have conflicting opinions. Although I am generally very...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39720766">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18502620">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 24 08:23:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 24 08:57:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like the readability of this book, considering it could have been a dreary and dull book. That being said, I did not like the fact that the author portrayed the creation of the Federal Reserve as a conspiracy theory that will one day ruin the world. The author was being a bit intellectually dishon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18502620">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2507895">
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 28 16:42:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 28 16:43:22 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder how the financial system really works? What money is? Where it comes from? You’ll find answers here. Just be careful to distinguish between historical fact and the author’s opinions, the lines between which he intentionally blurs. <br/><br/>I was fascinated enough to trudge ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2507895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18223644">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 15:57:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 16:15:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was working at a sub-prime mortgage company, and received a call one day from an obviously older gentleman who informed me that he needed funding for a perpetual motion engine. He swore a few times after I explained to him that as much as I would like to be his partner, I didn't have much money my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18223644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70560334">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[critical thinkers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 08 22:16:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 23:06:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book about a year ago and it took me a while to figure out what to think of it. I've decided to give it a five-star on the first half and, if I may, a solid 0 for the second half. The first half makes an engaging read as it gives a lay person a low-down on the gold standard, the operatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70560334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61581454">
    <user id="2002904">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 29 20:07:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 29 20:34:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every single civilization with a 'fiat' money system has ultimately collapsed, claims Griffin. Well guess what? Every civilization created by people with two arms and two legs has also collapsed - eventually. The author is just too bug-eyed and ranty for my liking. Half way through, I felt like I wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61581454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="744061">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[All Americans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 16 10:19:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 16 10:47:46 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Please, please, please read this book.  It tells you exactly what you need to know about America and how it came to where it is now.  It explains it all in great detail and with all kinds of detailed evidence, references, historical facts, and statistics.  This is one of two books (the other is tota...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/744061">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46479394">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 15 20:51:57 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 15 20:58:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was actually recommended to me a few years ago but where I was living overseas you couldn’t get the book in the country without customs taking it. But this book is really good. And truthfully it answers a lot of questions that I have heard raised over the years about our current tax syst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46479394">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15617171">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 17 07:46:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 17 07:47:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Expose on the motivations and creation of the federal reserve, the sixteenth amendment and the central bankers.]]></body>
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    <review id="55104183">
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  <read_at>Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 05 21:37:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 05 21:42:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The book is 80% entirely scary and real stuff, with 20% speculation. I could do without that 20% so I gave it four stars.<br/><br/>It reviews the history of banking. It shows how America has never really had an untainted banking system. It shows exactly how the Fede...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55104183">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73227493">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dave]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 13:01:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 13:04:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was not as accessible as I thought it would be. It does chronicle the inception of the Federal Reserve and its machinations since 1913, but it does so in a very dry manner. There's also a lot of information (this book is quite large), which may not be important to fully grasp the ruin this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73227493">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61386989">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who wants a history lesson on the Fed (and can filter out the iffy stuff)]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 28 09:12:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 12:12:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book seemed extremely well-researched in that the author clearly spent a lot of time reading primary sources for information. The economics that are presented are sound and, in the first part of the book, the description of money and banking in the US is one of the best I've read for a layperso...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61386989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39799990">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Walter Thiesse, a writer]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 10 12:45:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[G Edward Griffin has written the best book I have seen so far (out of 9) on the Federal Reserve. It is devastating. He shows how a company that serves the government exists thereby in a niche that reaps gobs of profits for bankers who already are plenty rich; it does so partly right out of our pocke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39799990">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43927493">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a truly fascinating book, giving out real facts in a curious story. Explaining the inner workings and out-right fraudulent activities of what we call the &quot;Federal Reserve.&quot; It explains how it operates in a fractional reserve banking system, pointing out past events to justify the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43927493">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Started rereading the book from the beginning. It can be skimmed successfully by reading the preface and then the summary of each chapter. More interesting chapters can be read in full. Very interesting to learn about how countries can be manipulated by money.<br/>This book is very timely as it exp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52341100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want a clear and complete history of the federal reserve and the inherent dangers of a fiat currency look no further.  Impeccable researched and documented, Creature gives a fascinating history of how some very powerful financial interests were finally able to accomplish a goal that bankers h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45668665">more...</a>]]></body>
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