Adam LeBor — Meet The Secretive Group That Runs The World (book excerpt)

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You won't miss much by not reading it, but it is interesting and pretty much as one would imagine. 

Btw, the name Bank of International Settlements reveals that central banks are essentially for payments settlement. They grease the wheels of the global economy with liquidity.

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Meet The Secretive Group That Runs The World
The following is an excerpt from TOWER OF BASEL: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World by Adam LeBor. Reprinted with permission from PublicAffairs.