This is an article on the history and politics of central banking. As such it is important for understanding the details of MMT institutional analysis regarding banking in historical context.
There is also some fascinating information about Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht.
It also provides insight into how central bankers still think and operate. It's a club.
Notes on the Crisis"The First Cause of Stability of Our Currency is the Concentration Camp" [Adolf Hitler]:
Central Banker Solidarity on the Road to Hitler's Czechoslovakian Gold
Pavlos Roufos
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"The powers of financial capitalism had (a) far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank... sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966, VII, page 324.
Carroll Quigley (1910-1977) | Professor of History at Georgetown University, member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), mentor to Bill Clinton.
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Funny how Britain has changed yet, at the same time, stayed the same. It’s 1939, and close relations between U.K. central banker Montagu Norman and Nazi central banker, Schact: two Nazis, together, and both Jew haters. Only Churchill saw the Nazi threat, and he was right, and only Churchill was a friend of the Jews. Central banker Norman obediently transfers stolen Czech gold to Germany. Fast forward to today, where the BoE seizes Venezuelan gold, no problem. Suddenly, central bank “independence” is meaningless. And the country’s tolerance of Nazis is back, only this time it’s with the Islamist Nazi fascist Jihadists whom they meekly allow to take over their country. As for the Jew hate? Yes, it’s still there. Churchill is rolling over in his grave.
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