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77Economical and Financial Jokes
by thecounterpunch
A chemist, an engineer and an economist are stranded on a deserted island. They carry with them some canned food but have no ordinary means of opening the cans. The chemist suggests gathering some wood and... published 15 months ago
76Colonel House - CFR founder, promoter of the League of Nations and President Wilson most influencial advisor
by thecounterpunch
"Mr. House is my second personality. He is my independent self. His thoughts and mine are one." — President Woodrow Wilson quoted by Charles Seymour, The Intimate Papers of Colonel House,... published 15 months ago
69Nelson Aldrich: the Rockefeller's Middle Man who crafted the Income Tax and the Central Federal Reserve System
by thecounterpunch
"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes." -- Thomas Paine (1737–1809), pamphleteer and revolutionary "You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe... published 15 months ago
68The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and the Bank of England paid for the hostages in Iran according to the book Revelation$
by thecounterpunch
Yesterday, I received a strange comment on one of my hubpage from a woman asking for help about her father who had been vice-president of Chase Manhattan Bank and had died mysteriously in 1998. I advised her... published 15 months ago
67What the word Voluntary means for the IRS
by thecounterpunch
"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes." -- Thomas Paine (1737–1809), pamphleteer and revolutionary On Merriam Webster online... published 15 months ago
65Federal Reserve Act: the most Influential Act in US/World History since the Constitution
by thecounterpunch
"In his final Senate years, Aldrich chaired the National Monetary Commission. His Aldrich Plan, providing for flexible cash reserves, was the forerunner of the Federal Reserve System." -- Senate.gov "This... published 15 months ago
64Milton Friedman on the Central Federal Reserve Bank
by thecounterpunch
“The Federal Reserve definitely caused the Great Depression by contracting the amount of money in circulation by one-third from 1929 to 1933.” -- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize winning economist,... published 15 months ago
62Why Democracy doesn't really matter as long as the People stay ignorant on One Single Issue
by thecounterpunch
I've made my education in two engineering schools in France. I had the chance to get a deep financial education in the second one. Nevertheless it was a classical one and I was never told at school the real... published 15 months ago
60Did the $4.8 billion loan from the IMF to Russia finance the Chelsea football club and the Runicom trading group
by thecounterpunch
From the Times: For the first time, the Swiss have revealed why they were forced to abandon their investigation: Russia and the United States, it has emerged, refused to divulge what they knew about the... published 15 months ago
59the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
by thecounterpunch
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is the only one having a permanent voting seat on the Federal Market Committee. According to researcher Eric Samuelson as of November 1997, it has 19,752,655 shares... published 15 months ago
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