CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND 2: How Bankers Turn War into Gold - Banking, Blood, and the Birth of the Federal Reserve - Edward Griffin

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G. Edward Griffin discusses how bankers exploit war for profit and the implications of fiat money in modern finance.

(00:00:00) III. THE NEW ALCHEMY (11 - 14) (00:00:40) 11. The Rothschild Formula (00:39:51) 12. Sink the Lusitania! (01:40:12) 13. Masquerade in Moscow (02:24:49) 14. The Best Enemy Money Can Buy (03:15:57) IV. A Tale of Three Banks - A Historical Prelude to the Federal Reserve (03:16:30) 15. THE LOST TREASURE MAP (03:51:40) 16. THE CREATURE COMES TO AMERICA (04:26:19) 17. A DEN OF VIPERS (05:11:42) 18. LOAVES AND FISHES AND CIVIL WAR (05:45:47) 19. GREENBACKS AND OTHER CRIMES CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND 2: How Bankers Turn War into Gold - Banking, Blood, and the Birth of the Federal Reserve - G. Edward Griffin (1998). G. Edward Griffin’s The Creature from Jekyll Island is one of the most provocative examinations of central banking ever written. Section 3: The New Alchemy—How Bankers Turn War into Gold In Section 3: The New Alchemy—How Bankers Turn War into Gold , Griffin argues that modern finance has achieved what ancient alchemists only dreamed of: the ability to create wealth from destruction. In his view, this miraculous transformation is accomplished through fiat money , a form of currency created without backing in gold or tangible assets. The Federal Reserve and other…

People in this episode

Guest: G. Edward Griffin

Topics covered

• central banking
• war financing
• fiat money
• economic history
• wealth creation
• inflation

Keywords

• banking
• Federal Reserve
• war
• inflation
• wealth
• Rothschild
• economic strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federal Reserve, Rothschild

Books & works: The Creature from Jekyll Island

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