Wall Street and FDR

by Antony C. Sutton

Wall Street and FDR by Antony C. Sutton.

Genres: History, Economics, American History, Politics, The United States Of America, Nonfiction, American

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Anthony Sutton was a research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, from 1968 to 1973. He is a former economics professor at California State University Los Angeles. He was born in London in 1925 and educated at the universities of London, Gottingen and California with a D.Sc. degree from University of Southampton, England.

Reviews

[J. · Rating 1 out of 5]

While Sutton's first book in this series was kooky, a number of his thoughts in it definitely warranted a second look at the data and showed some fairly interesting threads to tug on. This one however was just trying to capture lightning a second time. He basically uses the fact that FDR was a well to do extremely well connected and extremely wealthy person for his entire life as evidence that he was some how involved in a conspiracy.... when effectively 100% of the evidence shows that the people Sutton claims he was in cahoots with.. absolutely hated him and have spend the last 80 years destroying his legacy... this doesn't even really merit being in the History section.. it's pure conspiracy plain and simple.

[Nathan Nobles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thorough discussion of evidence linking the 32nd POTUS to big-money influences, from the speculative to the undeniable.

For a quick read, one could get the gist by reading chapter 1 and 12, or just chapter 12 if you're really in a hurry.

My favorite sections were Chapter 5, which discusses the development of the corporate socialist argument, and Chapter 10, which explores the bizarre Butler affair, termed as a "plot to seize the White House" that was suppressed by Congress and the press.

Enjoyed this book, though it did get deeper into the ledgers and roll calls than I preferred. Would recommend to presidential history buffs and New Deal skeptics.

[Yogy TheBear · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sutton's books are always very interesting to read. Antony Sutton is first a hystorian, and an austrian economist, who wrights a special; type of history, one which you will not find at schools or TV, one that is not appealing enough to be included in the modern mass history for the masses.
Sutton's history is not quite about specific events, but more about people. The people in his books are not some nameless masses, but are specific individuals with name and prestige, wealth and power.
This is you I will say that his books are not always easy to read, he literally throws at you dozens of names. The people he speaks about all of them are powerful, wealthy or both, but most of them you may have no clue who they are and what they did.
His books are about the relations between this people: who do they work for, who are they friends to, who is financing who, what ideologies/policy do they support, what they control. Basically he is telling the history of the financial elites and bureaucracy in the US and how this obscure group/groups shaped US and world events. What I found interesting about this people is that despite they are rich through the process of capitalism (mostly) they are the financiers of socialism... It is not the poor, the middle or high class of society, but the elites who endorse socialism, and socialism pours down from the top to the masses....

[Walter Bradley Jr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Must Read

[N · Rating 4 out of 5]

If the zee-on-ist cabal could fund and operate 1 POTUS, do you honestly believe they won't do it for EVERY OTHER POTUS and haven't done it for each previous one?? Your democratic system is a lie, there has only been controlled opposition, and the only way we're headed is into the great tribulation