Friday, February 8, 2019

Thorsten Polleit — Why Marx Loved Central Banks

In his “Manifesto of the Communist Party” (1848), published together with Frederick Engels, Karl Marx calls for “measures” — by which he means “despotic inroads on the rights of property” –, which would be “unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionising the mode of production,” that is, bringing about socialism-communism. Marx’s measure number five reads: “Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.” This is a rather perspicacious postulation, especially as at the time when Marx formulated it, precious metals — gold and silver in particular — served as money....
Marx an early MMT'er?

Mises Daily
Why Marx Loved Central Banks
Thorsten Polleit

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This quote would precede Marx and explain his reasoning, if it is authentic and Marx knew of it. There is no contemporary evidence for a Rothschild saying this, or of Marx being influenced it.

Quora
Did Nathan Rothschild really say: "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes its laws."?

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