![]() The UN may be ineffective (since only the Security Council can actually sanction anything) and is run by the world power's interest (really, veto power?), but socialist it is not. But no matter what, it's not communist/socialist. But I think, and living outside the US in Asia (Singapore to be specific), that America's economic history is plainly capitalist, perhaps too much. He's gone beyond Revisionist History, into whole new territory. It's also clear that the author is pushing an anti-socialist agenda, which I find rather fantastic. Does the world economy really revolve around America to the extent that shadowy financiers would gather round to try and chart it? I think the current economic situation proves not. Even if it was true, and since I'm no student of history I have no way of knowing so, I'm amazed and horrified at the America-centrism in the book. More importantly, this book purports to explain the American banking system, while somehow connecting it to the rest of the world (e.g. While I know Classical/Monetarist Economists and Keynesian Economists disagree, I wonder why they would go to the extent of hiding this arguement? Did they think the reader would accept the arguement more easily if it wasn't phrased in a Classical vs Keynesian arguement? I think the book would have been a lot better if it was. Their whole definition of inflation was the Monetarist definition: of an excess increase in money supply. After reading the first few chapters, it's obvious the book is a thinly disguised critique of Keynesian economics. I honestly wanted to find something good and interesting, especially since I'm an economics student.īut I think it's because I'm an economics student that I can't like this book. It billed itself as reading "like a detective story - which it really is. Their whole definition of inflation was the Monetarist definition: of an e I actually wanted to like this book. But I think it's because I'm an economics student that I can't like this book. I honestly wanted to find something good and interesting, especially since I'm an economics student. You'll never trust a politician again or a banker.more Creature from Jekyll Island is a "must read." Your world view will definitely change. It's all here: the cause of wars, boom-bust cycles, inflation, depression, prosperity. This book is about the most blatant scam of all history. ![]() Creature from Jekyll Island Reads like a detective story which it really is. A dry and boring subject? Just wait! You'll be hooked in five minutes. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. Do you want to know the truth about money? Creature from Jekyll Island will give you the answers to these, and other, questions: Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians' secrets are unveiled. Cussed and discussed by all from notable politicians to academicians to laypersons. We get a close lo The quintessential treatise on economics. The quintessential treatise on economics.
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