Insidious: The Rise of the Financial Matrix and the Fall of Economic Freedom

by Orrin Woodward

Bestselling author Orrin Woodward's latest release, Insidious, peels back the curtain on one of the biggest financial frauds hidden in plain sight. Insidious reveals how Financial Power continues to subtly encroach on individual freedom, quietly seizing control of our wallets and purses. This sinister power grab is one that was largely out-of-sight, intentionally obscured, and buried by academic blessing and media approval.

Insidious is a must-read for anyone seeking to take control of their financial destiny.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2024

About the author

Guinness World Record holder for largest book signing ever with the release of And Justice For All, Orrin Woodward is an Inc Magazine Top 20 Leader. Further, he is a NY Times bestselling author of LeaderShift and Launching a Leadership Revolution. His first solo book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions for LIFE made the Top 100 All-Time Best Leadership Books List and the resolutions are the framework for the bestselling Mental Fitness Challenge personal development program.

Orrin has co-founded two multi-million dollar leadership companies and serves as the Chairman of the Board of the LIFE Business. He has a B.S. degree from GMI-EMI (now Kettering University) in manufacturing systems engineering. He holds four U.S. patents, and won an exclusive National Technical Benchmarking Award.

He follows the sun between residences in Michigan and Florida with his lovely wife Laurie and their children. Orrin's leadership thoughts are shared on his blog - orrinwoodwardblog.com.

Reviews

[Lloyd Abernathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insidious: The Rise of the Financial Matrix and the Fall of Economic Freedom

I believe that this book will become an instant classic in economics and freedom. From page one, I felt like the book was written to open the eyes of the people. The author's ability to simplify such deep concepts and at the same time build layers of complexity are in my opinion genius. The author avoids going down the "conspiracy theory" rabbit hole by starting with the brutal facts of our undeniable national and personal debts. He then begins the process of sharing through historical evidence, just how nations, bankers and politicians have been waging a war on the productivity of the populace. Woodward pulls no punches, and in his writing he refuses to take political sides, but instead he takes a stand on the side of righteousness. After reading this manifesto, I am even more resolved to personally help educate the people on the real "Financial Matrix."

[Jeff Hexter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was tangentially familiar with some of the concepts in this book, but I was not knowledgeable about any of them in particular. In clear steps this book shows the negative consequences of fractional reserve banking, and it is amazing what those consequences are!

The author also explains why and how those consequences are effectively hidden from view or explained away as caused by other factors. He also points to the muddled thinking that lead to fractional reserve banking in the first place.

I love reading books that show me another way of viewing the world, especially those that offer explanations with power and rigor.

I look forward to learning more about potential solutions to the problems expressed here.

[Kael Nicholson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Orrin Woodward, a multi-millionaire, a successful entrepreneur, a freedom-living patriot, an outstanding community builder, a New-York Times Bestselling author, a faithful husband and loving father, and a devoted christian man–Orrin Woodward has hit a grand slam, secured a triple-double, thrown a no-hitter, and scored a hat trick with his newest book, Insidious.

This book has completely changed my worldview. It clearly and rationally reveals one of the greatest frauds the world has ever known, the core problem within our worldwide economy: the banking system. For all those looking to heal the world; to make a difference in the lives of many; to prepare their family, friends, and country for the days ahead; and to oppose injustice and corruption—this book is for you.

Honestly, this book might anger you–it certainly did me–but it will only anger you because it exposes the myriad of injustices perpetrated by a corrupt system. Once you've read it, once you've seen it in your day-to-day living, there really is no going back; so, as they say, buckle up.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

History meets the Financial revolution.

Orrin speaks about a deception and money monster created by our own doing. His coined term "Financial matrix" brings to light the realities of our world's pain today.

We have allowed the "Machine" to take over... beyond our control. (We owe the machine 3x more money than the world has in circulation (THE WORLD HAS, not US or CAN or CHINA everyone ALL TOGETHER)
sooooo is it too late?

This book is scary as all hell and super eye-opening. Don't be a sheep in the world, understand where we are at and what you can do about it.

thanks for writing this book for a layman like me to understand the con my family has been sold for generations.

[Ruppert Baird · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would give this another half-star if it was available. The half-star deficit is for some significant typos and printing issues one must expect from a first printing. I'd like to suggest adding a glossary, as well as the chapter titles to the notes and study questions. The study questions were a surprising and actually fun addition.
Woodward is the acclaimed author of a number of books on leadership and finance, and this may well be his magnum opus. Woodward explores the three financial systems - free market, state power, and financial power - in some detail and opens a few surprises, some stunning. In the end, what is revealed is that the planet, every government, and everyone outside of North Korea is a slave to the world's major banks - all eight of them. Of course, North Koreans are just slaves to an evil government - just that one.
This book is frightening, but does give a glimmer of hope. Read, learn, and mull what what must be done to free us all from the grip of a monetary cartel that is guaranteed to profit, and cares not one iota for the people of plant earth who are outside their circle.

[Kristen and Chris Schill · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Financial Matrix has been systematically stealing our wealth and freedoms for years. Insidious does an AMAZING job of piecing together history and sources to explain the origin and continued sham that's occurring. Prepare to be angry, disgusted, and clear on WHY you have felt that something is "off" in the economy and world events. And prepare to clearly see HOW this can be resolved.

But also, proceed with caution. Once you know, you can't ever go back!

[Kevin Hicks · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you REALLY want to learn about our Financial system, you need to read this book ASAP. best book I have read concerning our money and the scam we are all a part of. Read it and it will all make sense.

[James Homewood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This book opened my blind eyes to the FACTS: our financial system is stacked against us (the average citizen).
This really should be mandatory reading before graduating from university!

[Hunting.Targ · Rating 5 out of 5]

After turning from a promising career in automotive manufacturing to entrepreneurship, Orrin spent the last 3 decades navigating the ocean of possibilities that an open-ended income opportunity presents. In that time his financial, social, and intellectual prowess enabled him to see that something is very wrong with our modern world, something concealed beneath the surface of progress and prosperity; until the years preceding this book something imperceptible to all but the most astute and sensitive thinkers and observers. Something subtle. Something destructive. Something insidious.

With an incisive and well-informed, well-conditioned mind, an accomplished engineer and influencer outlines a deep problem with modern monetary theory. Avoiding both popular 'rubber stamp' ad copy and 'conspiracy theory', a factual, critical analysis of economics, human behavior, and a pattern in history that weaves the two together, identifies why there is so much technology, efficiency, and wealth generation in our world, and yet we haven't arrived at that prosperous, post-scarcity future every generation seems to see the promise of in some form. From Ancient Rome, through the feudal middle ages and the empire of Ghengis Kahn, funnelling down to the Medici and Fugger families, Orrin traces an unsung, almost unstudied field - economic history - with the insight and acumen of analytical engineering, to explain why the increasing pace and scale of human achievement only ever 'trickles down' to the populace. It is an intellectual and historical quest through many fields of study to get one reasoned answer to the ever-present question: What is wrong with our modern world? Why can't we straighten things out?

This book lets you benefit from the distilled wisdom of 3 decades of experience and inquiry.

Issues this book addresses:

• Why doesn't a good economy stay good?

• Why is private property important?

• Why is Gold a controversial asset?

• What causes Business cycles? Do they always happen everywhere?

• What makes money and currency different ideas?

[Joe Baird · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 / 5 Stars | 85 / 100