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January 9, 2010
This is a fascinating book that tells the political history of money. It's mainly centred around the US over the last 300 years, but with references to British banking and some European history.
It starts with some basic definitions of what money is, and very quickly moves onto why the US currency (the Federal Reserve Note) is actually an unconstitutional, almost fraudulent replacement for money. Most people don't realise that the Federal Reserve is actually a private bank, that derives its profit by enslaving the US population in government debt. Beyond this basic fact, Gause tells the story about how this system was manipulated into existence, and what the implications are. He uses it to explain why the vast tax income never makes it to public services (which are also private institutions that benefit the bankers).
But, the significance of the banking history pales into comparison to Gause's research into the political networks behind the manipulation and debasement of money. The same names come up over and over: the Rothschilds, the Morgans (especially JP Morgan), Salomon Brothers, Kuhn & Loeb, the Fabian Society and others. You have to join up very few dots in this book to realise what strings are worth pulling today, and who has the pulling end. Possibly the most disturbing section (for me) was to discover exactly why 1984 is being played out so accurately.
The structure of The Secret World of Money is continuous question-answer; there aren't even any chapter divisions. This makes it a fast, page-turning read. I marked it down a star from the five I originally gave, for the slightly erratic structure, but the QA format and short size make cross-referencing relatively painless. It is also not consistently referenced, which makes tracking down sources harder. But ultimately, the content is what matters.
I say without even a hint of exaggeration that every US and British citizen should read this book.
It starts with some basic definitions of what money is, and very quickly moves onto why the US currency (the Federal Reserve Note) is actually an unconstitutional, almost fraudulent replacement for money. Most people don't realise that the Federal Reserve is actually a private bank, that derives its profit by enslaving the US population in government debt. Beyond this basic fact, Gause tells the story about how this system was manipulated into existence, and what the implications are. He uses it to explain why the vast tax income never makes it to public services (which are also private institutions that benefit the bankers).
But, the significance of the banking history pales into comparison to Gause's research into the political networks behind the manipulation and debasement of money. The same names come up over and over: the Rothschilds, the Morgans (especially JP Morgan), Salomon Brothers, Kuhn & Loeb, the Fabian Society and others. You have to join up very few dots in this book to realise what strings are worth pulling today, and who has the pulling end. Possibly the most disturbing section (for me) was to discover exactly why 1984 is being played out so accurately.
The structure of The Secret World of Money is continuous question-answer; there aren't even any chapter divisions. This makes it a fast, page-turning read. I marked it down a star from the five I originally gave, for the slightly erratic structure, but the QA format and short size make cross-referencing relatively painless. It is also not consistently referenced, which makes tracking down sources harder. But ultimately, the content is what matters.
I say without even a hint of exaggeration that every US and British citizen should read this book.
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