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Acknowledgements
FOREWORD by Reed Simpson, Banker and Developer
INTRODUCTION: Captured by the Debt Spider
Section I: THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD: FROM GOLD TO FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES:
1. Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
2. Behind the Curtain: The Federal Reserve and the Federal Debt
3. Experiments in Utopia: Colonial Paper Money as Legal Tender
4. How the Government Was Persuaded to Borrow Its Own Money
5. From Matriarchies of Abundance to Patriarchies of Debt
6. Pulling the Strings of the King: The Moneylenders Take England
7. While Congress Dozes in the Poppy Fields: Jefferson and Jackson Sound the Alarm
8. Scarecrow with a Brain: Lincoln Foils the Bankers
9. Lincoln Loses the Battle with the Masters of European Finance
10. The Great Humbug: The Gold Standard and the Straw Man of Inflation
Section II: THE BANKERS CAPTURE THE MONEY MACHINE
11. No Place Like Home: Fighting for the Family Farm
12. Talking Heads and Invisible Hands: The Secret Government
13. Witches’ Coven: The Jekyll Island Affair and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
14. Harnessing the Lion: The Federal Income Tax
15. Reaping the Whirlwind: The Great Depression
16. Oiling the Rusted Joints of the Economy: Roosevelt, Keynes and the New Deal
17. Wright Patman Exposes the Money Machine
18. A Look Inside the Fed’s Playbook: “Modern Money Mechanics”
19. Bear Raids and Short Sales: Devouring Capital Markets
20. Hedge Funds and Derivatives: A Horse of a Different Color
Section III: ENSLAVED BY DEBT: THE BANKERS’ NET SPREADS OVER THE GLOBE
21. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: From Gold Reserves to Petrodollars
22. The Tequila Trap: The Real Story Behind the Illegal Alien Invasion
23. Freeing the Yellow Winkies: The Greenback System Flourishes Abroad
24. Sneering at Doom: A Bankrupt Germany Finances a Recovery Without Money
25. Another Look at the Inflation Humbug: Some “Textbook” Hyperinflations Revisited
26. Poppy Fields, Opium Wars and Asian Tigers
27. Waking the Sleeping Giant: Lincoln’s Greenback System Comes to China
28. Recovering the Jewel of the British Empire: A People’s Movement Takes Back India
Section IV: THE DEBT SPIDER CAPTURES AMERICA
29. Breaking the Back of the Tin Man: Debt Serfdom for American Workers
30. The Lure in the Consumer Debt Trap: The Illusion of Home Ownership
31. The Perfect Financial Storm
32. In the Eye of the Cyclone: How the Derivatives Crisis Has Gridlocked the Banking System
33. Maintaining the Illusion: Rigging Financial Markets
34. Meltdown: The Secret Bankruptcy of the Banks
Section V: THE MAGIC SLIPPERS: TAKING BACK THE MONEY POWER
35. Stepping from Scarcity into Technicolor Abundance
36. The Community Currency Movement: Sidestepping the Debt Web with “Parallel” Currencies
37. The Money Question: Goldbugs and Greenbackers Debate
38. The Federal Debt: A Case of Disorganized Thinking
39. Liquidating the Federal Debt Without Causing Inflation
40. “Helicopter” Money: The Fed’s New Hot Air Balloon
Section VI: VANQUISHING THE DEBT SPIDER: A BANKING SYSTEM THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE
41. Restoring National Sovereignty with a Truly National Banking System
42. The Question of Interest: Ben Franklin Solves the Impossible Contract Problem
43. Bailout, Buyout, or Corporate Takeover? Beating the Robber Barons at Their Own Game
44. The Quick Fix: Government That Pays for Itself
45. Government with Heart: Solving the Problem of Third World Debt
46. Building a Bridge: Toward a New Bretton Woods
47. Over the Rainbow: Government Without Taxes or Debt
Afterword: THE COLLAPSE OF A 300 YEAR PONZI SCHEME
Postscript: The Bubble Bursts
Glossary
Bibliography
Endnotes
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