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This is the classic exposé of the Fed that has become one of the best-selling books in its category of all time. Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magician's secrets are unveiled. Here is a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, the pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A boring subject? Just wait. You'll be hooked in five minutes. It reads like a detective story – which it really is, but it's all true. This book is about the most blatant scam of history. It's all here: the cause of wars, boom-bust cycles, inflation, depression, prosperity. Your world view will definitely change. Putting it quite simply, this may be the most important book on world affairs you will ever read. 608 pages.

The 5th Edition includes a no-holds barred analysis of bank bailouts under the Bush and Obama Administrations that are shown to be nothing less than legalized plunder of the American people. Many other updates have been added, including a revision to the list of those who attended the historic meeting at Jekyll Island where the Federal Reserve was created.

~~TESTIMONIALS~~
"A superb analysis. Be prepared for one heck of a journey through time and mind." – Ron Paul, Member of Congress, House Banking Committee, 2008 & 2012 Presidential candidate.

"Scary. It's the story of the world banking system. Enough said." – Willie Nelson, Musician/Author

"Have you read this book? If not, read it. It's a fascinating and amazing journey." – Glenn Beck, TV commentator.

"A gripping adventure into the secret world of the international banking cartel." – Mark Thornton, Asst. Professor of Economics, Auburn University, Coordinator of Academic Affairs, Ludwig von Mises Institute

"This is a murder mystery about the financial 'murder' of the middle class." - Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad

"A train-load of heavy history, written in such a relaxed and easy style that it captivated me. I hated to put it down." – Dan Smoot, Publisher/Editor, Dan Smoot Report

"As a career banker and president of a bank consulting firm, I thought I had a good understanding of the Federal Reserve, but this book changed the way I view our entire monetary system." – Marilyn MacGruder Barnwall, Grand Junction, Colorado

"I have just finished reading this for the FOURTH time!!!! Each time only adds another gloss of patina to the truth." – David J. Nitsche, ex banker (25 year career), Bridgeton, New Jersey

"My wife manages a large main library and told me there are over 37 people on the waiting list for The Creature from Jekyll Island. Branch libraries have similar reservations." - Stan

"Before reading your book, I thought I had a good financial education. My degrees and CPA, Accounting and Finance from New York University are impressive. ... But I must thank you for giving me the real education on money." - L.B., Denver, CO

"I've spent my career as Finance VP and CFO for a number of companies, and now I teach accounting at a Community College. I thought I had a handle on money, banking, and finance, but the Creature opened my eyes to things I never saw before and hidden causes I never dreamed existed." - James Sugden

"Seldom does anyone inspire me as you have with your intense research and information. Thank you for sharing with your readers the endless hours needed to bring about your fabulous 'door stop' as you described your book recently on T.V." - Larryn J. Bertrand, Foresthill, CA

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By making it appear to be a problem of the national economy rather than of private banking practice, the door then could be opened for the use of tax money rather than their own funds for paying off the losses.
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G. Edward Griffin is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he majored in speech and communications. He is a recipient of the Telly Award for excellence in television production. He is the founder of the Cancer Cure Foundation and has served on the board of directors of the National Health Federation and the International Association of Cancer Victims and Friends. He is a contributing editor for the New American magazine, president of American Media, and founder of the Reality Zone.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Media, Inc.; 5th edition (July 4, 1994)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 4, 1994
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 9969 KB
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is a writer, documentary film producer, and Founder of Freedom Force International. Listed in Who’s Who in America, he is well known because of his talent for researching difficult topics and presenting them in clear terms that all can understand.

He has dealt with such diverse subjects as archaeology and ancient Earth history, the Federal Reserve System and international banking, terrorism, internal subversion, the history of taxation, U.S. foreign policy, the science and politics of cancer therapy, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations.

His better-known works include The Creature from Jekyll Island, World without Cancer, The Discovery of Noah’s Ark, Moles in High Places, The Open Gates of Troy, No Place to Hide, The Capitalist Conspiracy, More Deadly than War, The Grand Design, The Great Prison Break, and The Fearful Master.

Ed is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he majored in speech and communications. He is a recipient of the coveted Telly Award for excellence in television production, the creator of the Reality Zone Audio Archives, Publisher of Need to Know News, and is President of American Media, a publishing and video production company in Southern California.

He has served on the board of directors of The National Health Federation and The International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends and is Founder and President of The Cancer Cure Foundation. He is the Founder of Freedom Force International and creator of Red Pill University, Red-Pill Expos, and Rabbit-Hole Expeditions. The mission of these Red-Pill and Rabbit-Hole endeavors is far more serious than they may sound. It is to popularize a global coalition for the victory of individualism over collectivism and liberty over tyranny.

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Terence

Excellent Read!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2024

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Very informing, Cited research. Really wakes you up to how much we have been lied to and deliberately deceived. This is the type of book our kids should have to read in school; not the B.S. they have them read which is useless.

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Zohra

Excellent book! Must read.

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2019

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Excellent book! It just goes to show why it’s a bad idea to be emotionally invested in money. Money is a tool to create wars. Fiat is created out to thin air. The International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve, and even the UN are all agencies seeing to bring socialist one world government and financial demise of the world. They bail out third world countries and encourage communist regimes, hoping these economies will be much more in debt and enslaved by their nepotism. They do it so subtly, it’s all a game played by them. This book gives great detail and explains very clearly how this has come to be.

It discusses the intricacies of present day fiat system - and how the federal reserve creates money out of thin air to lend to institutions. It is not so much a “reserve” of money but an independently run cartel (founded to eliminate competition & swallow smaller banks) that operates for profit rather than serving the greater needs of the economy and the people. The middle class have repeatedly been thrown under the bus and the rich keep getting richer under such a system.

Money is just a store of value but to a “poor” mind (financially uneducated), it can be a very emotional thing that they work hard to accumulate. For the federal reserve, it’s their super power that they can legally create money from nothing and charge interest on money that didn’t even exist in the first place. They’re simply flooding the system and own everybody with their fake money. Who pays when the government spends money & bails out companies in an altruistic fashion? Where does the money go? Who pockets it?
Money is an emotional trap for the financially uneducated. I think this book has helped me see how money is created and how the scales are tipped in the fed’s favor & not in ours. The federal government spends money so recklessly that it’s operating at a deficit and when it needs money it goes to the Fed without asking the public. The fed prints more money to pay the corrupt individuals who purposefully bankrupt their companies (and get the government to co-sign those loans) and pocket the extra $$ in terms of bonuses, dividends and salaries, and the rich still keep getting richer. When the government gets bailed out, the Feds pump more money into the system which leads to inflation. All this is irresponsible and reckless but done in the name of jobs and helping the public. The government is inefficient and a scapegoat run by politicians who twiddle their thumbs and knowingly bail out corrupt companies, and banks which operate just so they can make high risk loans. The public is distracted by FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and expects handouts. I see money differently now that I know what to expect & why saving without appropriately investing the money to create Cashflow isn’t exactly helpful as it means next to nothing (you’ll stay poor if you continue to save). The book discusses how banks are pushed to legally commit S&L (savings and loans) fraud. Ultimately, the information contained within has helped me reflect on capitalism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand and how the global economy is on the brink of collapse because of present day fiat system and the federal reserve cartel.
It’s a heavy book with a lot of content but it’s been written in such a way that you can pick which parts you want to read, and details can be skipped & you can read the chapter summaries. I’ve read the book until chapter 4, and I’m reading and making notes. Its an excellent book & I recommend every curious individual to read it. It’s opened my eyes to the idea of money, its declining value, and it’s lack of safety from external factors like Fed-created inflation and eventual economic collapse. This book was recommended by R Kiyosaki in Cashflow Quadrant & I decided to read it along with a list of other books that he recommended. I’m glad I did.

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A facininating read for the summer

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2024

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The book is pretty thick, but a fast read and kept me intrigued for more as each chapter passed by. I'm almost done, 2 chapters left that I will finish today, and tell my friends about it. As for the content, it tells the story with the book being based on history that I've never heard about, like another observer observing history from a higher level of view and looking for other points of events that wasn't seen by most observers. Some chapters made me cry as the written events unfolded in the stories, where I had to open my mind to the reasoning behind some historical decisions, while other chapters made me very mad wishing for a time machine to go back and fix that event.

Overall, I wish I would have read the book 20 years ago, but it's never too late to read. As for the facts or fact checking, I don't have the time to do that and I figure others with more time will do it for me. But reading the books content will change my thinking and influence who I vote for in the future and what criteria is more important for me to consider in my vote, criteria that is much deeper in thought than whether that candidate are just likable or not, and how what they stand for aligns with what I now think today.

I avoided writing about the contents on purpose, because that's for you to read and determine for yourself what to think or make of it, and form your own opinion. I bought not knowing what to expect of it, and why it was so thick, but now being almost done, I understand the size of the book now. And yes I would read it again a 2nd time.

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Greg

Scary book. When you learn how are economic system runs, you won't sleep well again.

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024

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Great book. Scary book. Learn what you were purposely never taught in school about our economic systems and some other great events in history.

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AJ

Gripping, Important, Accessible...

Reviewed in Canada on November 26, 2021

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I was putting off reading this book because I mistakenly got the impression that it was going to be a dense, long and dry read.

However when I finally cracked it open - I couldn't put it down. For your typical student of Austrian economics none of the history outlined in this book will be particularly surprising, but when you see it all put together in this way the magnitude of injustice perpetuated by our insidious monetary system washes over you in waves of insight, horror and outrage.

I've seen people complain about the fact that the author doesn't organize the book in chronological order, but I prefer it this way. The book can be read cover to cover but also serves as useful resource to refer to, with the chapters effectively standing alone as lessons. While I recommend reading all of it, one can easily cherry pick chapters that cover topics of particular interest.

It's precisely the kind of book I would recommend to anybody and everybody, and in fact I ordered this copy specifically to hand around to my blue collar coworkers, with a selection of chapters and passages I find especially poignant bookmarked for them to read.

To my surprise and elation - my coworkers (largely uneducated immigrants - hard working, well meaning factory men and women of character) have been very receptive and engaged with the concepts and dreadful realities outlined in this work.

Given the geopolitical and economic circumstances we currently find ourselves in (and in the case of my coworkers and myself, the economic class we find ourselves in, namely lowly workers of a small independent manufactueing business in the productive economy), these lessons are especially powerful and are exactly the sort of notions that need to be spread around to the common man and woman. The harm caused by the machinations of the world's central bankers confront us every day, and adults of all backgrounds and circumstance are ready and able to make sense of them with the help of books like this.

Some also seem to point to the author's proclivity for "conspiracy theory", but I honestly don't know what they're talking about. The few times the author speculates about motives or specific events, he's very clear about when he's making assumptions and when he's simply relaying accounts by important players. The readers can make of those quotations what they will, but this isn't some wild eyed rant. It's a well researched account of banking history in the US.

At times the author may attribute more influence to some of the not-so-secret societies and clubs populated by financial elites than can really be proven, but digging into the details of those groups is hardly the point of this book anyways. Whether particular agendas were prompted by one cabal or another is almost immaterial - the insidious consequences of said agendas are the same. The large majority of the book is just analysis, explanation and history.

Overall I'd argue this book and it's message have aged exceptionally well, and it feels like the sort of work that could change the world for the better if only more people were aware of it. Were high school students compelled to read books like this rather than the drivel that is typical in a school curriculum, one can only imagine the kind of world we might live in...

Whether you're interested in sound money economic theory or not this book is must-read. It's written in plain and accessible language, it's succinct, it's eye-opening... Absolutely a necessity for any modern thinking person's library.

Annu8

The creature from jekyll island

Reviewed in Germany on October 10, 2024

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Alles Bestens, vielen Dank, jederzeit gerne wieder

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Massimo Mazzucco

La "creatura" di Jeckyll Island

Reviewed in Italy on February 4, 2023

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Il libro più completo in assoluto per comprendere la truffa delle banche centrali.

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OrlandoF

Muito interessante

Reviewed in Brazil on August 23, 2020

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Apesar do autor ser considerado um "conspiracionista", o livro é muito interessante, com muitas referências, dados, além de ser bastante esclarecedor. Cabe aqui lembrar que o livro foi escrito antes da crise de 2008 que foi mais um fator a corroborar de maneira bastante efetiva muitas das afirmações do autor. Com a mais absoluta certeza, vale muito a leitura.

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JOSE MARÍA

Imprescindible para descubrir que somos víctimas de la élite globalista.

Reviewed in Spain on January 8, 2021

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Expone claramente cómo nos han convertido en esclavos de la inflación monetaria provocada por las élites globalistas-socialistas para transferir la riqueza de las clases medias a los poderosos.
Es imprescindible eliminar los bancos centrales, volver al dinero verdadero (oro, plata, bitcoin) para no volvernos esclavos del globalismo socialista anticristiano de la agenda 2030, Bilderberg, Davos,.......

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