federal reserve system

This thread is a branch from this one: Why Do Conservatives Hate Obama? Rather than further derail the original topic, I decided to post this as a new thread: Actually, prices did rise universally across the country, in a sense. They rose in every state, and the average rose. (If this...

The full quote is: "The Federal Reserve definitely caused the Great Depression by contracting the amount of money in circulation by one-third from 1929 to 1933." - Milton Friedman Bolding mine. Usually, people are banging on about how the Fed "prints money when they feel like it" and causes...

I usually hang out on the religion and philosophy forum, so I don't know what's been said here about The Creature from Jekyll Island by Edward Griffin. The reason I'm asking about this is that some of my in-laws - including a lady of some intelligence, but one addicted to conspiracy theories -...

I'm wondering about this. What is it that makes the Federal Reserve system a popular target for conspiracy theories?

This could have gone in non-USA politics, but really it's focussed in America, the seat of world imperial power according to the video author. What do YOU think? Renaissance 2.0, a video series by Damon Vrabel

THE BIGGEST SCAM OF ALL TIME This is how it works: The banks control the amount of money in circulation. Money could be currency, digital (bookeeping entry), and checks. The Banks use a tactic known as Fractional Reserve Banking. Fractional Reserve Banking allows banks to create money out...

So, I really don't know enough about this. Are you for or against this provision? Make your case here.

I've been tossed a link to this movie called "Fiat Empire" by Matrixx Productions. Basically there is this kid on Youtube that I've been debating about the legality of the Income Tax. I keep showing him evidence that it is perfectly legal but he refuses to believe it, always referring me to...

If you're American please watch this documentary. It's a real eye-opener. There is NO LAW. You can even watch if you aren't american. I won't be checking up. http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173&q=freedom+to+fascism&total=1021&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Hello, fellow businessmen & women. If you're in business, I imagine you'll be watching at least one of the world's financial markets and I thought I'd have a try at having a markets thread. This kind of thing works really well in sports. Come on in, pour yourself an Earl Grey tea [coffee, if...

Central Banks Add Cash to Avert Crisis of Confidence How thoughtful of the Fed. They're pledging to debase my hard-earned dollars with their fiat money created out of thin-air. And what better people to give my hard-earned purchasing power to, than those wonderful folks in the subprime...

our dollars are printed out of thin air. this is such an evil, vast, and dark conspiracy because our currency is not held under any type of gold standard to secure its value and stop inflation. i know this is a worldwide conspiracy too, because almost every currency in the world is printed out...

I saw a very interesting conspiracy theory on YouTube entitled Monopoly Men. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0ZZ6_9RmTM&NR=1 This is a 5 part video, approx. 45 minutes long. Does anyone have an opinion on this? Should this be taken seriously?