Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve’s non-existent 100-year charter set to expire in 2013

Note: This is based on this article I posted on April 21, 2012, with the exception that it was about the 99-year charter misinformation, and I have substituted 100-year, which is the alternative misinformation that some people were spreading in 2013 even after the 99-year charter claim had been shown to be false. There was […]

G. Edward Griffin on the alleged 100-year Federal Reserve Charter, and his claim that bankers don’t want a monetary system based upon gold

Some interesting points arose out of this November 24, 2013 interview on the Big Plantation with G. Edward Griffin. First, in clearing up a misconception about an alleged 100-year charter for the Federal Reserve, he claims there originally was one, when in reality, it was a 20-year charter. 16m – In clearing up misconception about […]

100 Years Is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility

December 23rd, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance.  Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
The answer depends on whose purposes we are talking about.  For the banks, the Fed has served quite well.  For the laboring masses whose populist movement prompted it, not much has changed in a century.
Thwarting Populist Demands

Critiquing Gary North’s attack on Bitcoin as a Ponzi Scheme

In response to Gary North’s November 29, 2013 article, “Bitcoins: The Second Biggest Ponzi Scheme in History“: “I hereby make a prediction: Bitcoins will go down in history as the most spectacular private Ponzi scheme in history“ - If it were a private Ponzi scheme, it’d be illegal, and would already be prosecuted, just like […]

The Group of Thirty and the “Good Discussion” They’re Still Having

The Group of Thirty (or G-30) describes itself as “a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia,” which “aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors, and to examine the choices available to market practitioners and policymakers.”

Those 28 Pages, and That Empty Safe

A ‘Dog That Didn’t Bark’ on 9/11
Yesterday, Bob Graham gave an interview that included discussion of the events of September 11, 2001 and the possible role of Saudi Arabia.  Graham served as a U.S. Senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005, with positions as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and co-chair of the Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11.

Jason Erb discusses alternative economics on Erskine Overnight, November 17, 2013

Here is a summary of my November 17, 2013 interview on Erskine Overnight, on the Genesis Communications Network: 2m – Usury redefined from any amount of interest to an arbitrary amount set by law 3m – Actual U.S. federal debt exceeds world’s annual economic production, and derivatives estimated to be over 1000 trillion dollars 4m […]

Summary of Jason Erb’s November 4, 2013 Red Ice Radio interview

Here is the summary I prepared of the first hour of my November 4, 2013 interview on Red Ice Radio. 1m – Credit default swaps 3m – The Federal Reserve as the world’s bank 5m – Big economic busts are a direct consequence of the debt-money system with compound interest 5m – Individual interest-based contracts […]

As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap

The Two Largest Holders of US Treasury Debt: The Federal Reserve & the Social Security Trust Fund
The year 2014 could be shaping up as the year that the chickens come home to roost.
Americans, even well-informed ones, don’t know all of the mistakes made by neoconized and corrupted Washington in the past two decades. However, enough is known to see that the US has lost economic and political power, and that the loss is irreversible.