Status Updates From A History of Central Bankin...

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“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.” -Thomas Jefferson

Omits the downsides to a strong decentralized system. But overall very informative, and a new perspective on history and the global system.

Some over simlications of the financial instruments.