'He who controls the gold, makes the rules.' The late Antony Sutton shilling for the banksters.
For balance, read the early to mid-c.20th works of Professor Frederick Soddy such as "The Gold 'Standard' Snare" (1935), "The Role of Money" (1934) or "Demand for Monetary Reform" (1943) etc.
Author(s): SUTTON, Antony S.
Edition: 1
Publisher: ‘76 Press
Year: 1977
Language: English
Commentary: Re-engineered from the 190dpi PDF (which throws a parsing error) at https://archive.org/details/thewarongoldanthonysutton/mode/2up
City: Seal Beach, Ca.
Tags: Assignats, BIS, Bretton Woods, Carnegie, Exter, Fort Knox, Federal Reserve, fractional reserve, gold exchange standard, Gresham's Law, hyperinflation, Jekyl Island, price manipulation, monetary union, money laundering, reserve currency, Soddy, Sterling, Petro-Dollar
The War on Gold - Dustwrapper: Front
Flyleaf - Front
Flyleaf - Rear
Half-Title
Other books by Antony C. Sutton
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Contents
List of Tables and Charts
Author's Preface
Glossary
CHAPTER ONE: Why Gold?
The Paper Money of Ancient China
The Gold Solidus of the Byzantine Empire
PART ONE: The Historical Experience
CHAPTER TWO: Not Worth A Continental
The French Assignat of 1789 to 1796
The British Paper Pound (1797-1821)
The Continental Currency Fiasco
CHAPTER THREE: The Discipline of Gold
The Latin Monetary Union
The American Experience with Gold
The Totalitarian Assault on Gold
CHAPTER FOUR: Inflation Balloons After 1920
“But Gold Is Too Scarce...”
Bring a Suitcase for your Paycheck
The Threshold of World Hyper-inflation
Gold: The Asset of Last Resort
The Acid Test of Value
CHAPTER FIVE: The Paper Factory
Jekyl Island: Creation of a Paper Mill
The Supreme Role of Confidence
Assault on the Paper Factory
Court Declares Federal Reserve Notes Worthless
PART TWO: Gold Versus Paper
CHAPTER SIX: The War of the Gold Pool
The Critical Crossover in 1959
The War of the Gold Pool
CHAPTER SEVEN: Who Bought all the Gold?
The U.S. Gold Reserves
European Central Banks Build their Gold Reserves
“Bad Money Always Drives Out Good”
American Institute Counselors and the SEC
CHAPTER EIGHT: Cracks in the Debt Structure
Exter’s Debt Pyramid
Corporate Failures
Real Estate Failures
Municipal Failures
Foreign Loan Failures
Domestic Bank Failures
Bank Problems at the Top
How Much Battering Can the Debt Structure Take?
CHAPTER NINE: The Road to Rambouillet
A Flash of Genius: Paper Gold
The End of the Bretton Woods Agreement
Revival of the Bank for International Settlements
The End of the Road is in Sight
CHAPTER TEN: The New Gold Market
The Supply of Gold
The Demand for Gold
The U.S. Treasury as a Bear Operator
The Outcome in the Market Place
CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Assault on South Africa
South Africa and the United States
The Carnegie Endowment and the War on Gold
CHAPTER TWELVE: Gold Is Dead, Isn’t It?
APPENDIX A: Letter to Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon on U.S. Gold Sales
APPENDIX B: Briefing by the Author on International Problems Facing the West
APPENDIX C: Hard Money Organizations, Investment Advisers, and Market Newsletters
Selected Bibliography
Index
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