IT'S A PYRAMID SCHEME THAT COULD DESTROY AMERICA

"I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said."—Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech to the Economic Club of New York, 1988

by Ellen Brown

for HUSTLER Magazine – July 2010

IF YOU'VE NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE FEDERAL RESERVE but were too embarrassed to ask, don't worry. Hardly anybody understands it, and the Federal Reserve (or "Fed") likes it that way. "Fed speak" is a term coined to describe its...