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Freedom to Fascism: the film

This film, though controversial, is a must-seen. The producer is not unknown: Aaron Russo has already produced "Trading Places" with Eddie Murphy. The DVD film is sold on his site but it is such important for...

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The Rockefellers by a Rockefeller

Reviewed By Russell Baker David Rockefeller has a wonderful story to tell: a family saga, and the family is not just another run-of-the-mill saga-type family either, but one of the world's richest, a family...

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IMF - International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) describes itself as "an organization of 185 countries, Montenegro being the 185th as of January 18th, 2007, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial...

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The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929

Written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witt, this is one of the best book ever written on 1929 Stock Market Crash. Unlike historian books which would use classical archives, the two authors have researched...

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H.G. Wells on "a scientific investigation of the origins of the Banking System"

"There are no doubt many bankers and many practices in banking which make for personal or group advantage to the general detriment... And another large part of that banking world follows routine and...

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How Bill Gates became the Richest Billionaire!

After my article "Patent does matter: the case of VisiCalc and Daniel Bricklin" about how the unfortunate Daniel Bricklin missed to become a billionnaire, one would expect me to naturally contrast him with...

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Nelson Aldrich: the Rockefeller's Middle Man who crafted the Income Tax and the Central Federal Reserve System

"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...

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G. Chesterton - Capitalism and Communism rest on the same idea: a Centralization of Wealth destroying Private Property

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), was a poet and essayist. In his work The End of the Armistice, Chesterton wrote: "both capitalism and communism rest on the same idea: a centralization of wealth...

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The All Seeing Eye on the supreme court building of Israel

The Supreme Court building sits on a plot of land opposite the Knesset and next to the Foreign Ministry and the Central bank of Israel. The first thing you will notice is the pyramid with the all Seeing Eye...

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Edmond Safra: Billionaire Banker killed on verge of selling his Republic National Bank to HSBC

Billionaire banker Edmond Safra was killed when fire engulfed his Monte Carlo home, following an attack by two hooded men, according to Monaco’s official press office. The death abruptly ended a...

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