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Geldmacher - Das geheimste Gewerbe der Welt (German, Paperback)
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Geldmacher - Das geheimste Gewerbe der Welt (German, Paperback)
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Loot Price R408
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This book is about the most precious "piece of paper" we know,
about banknotes and about the industry that makes them. We have
banknotes in our hands daily. Modern life would be unthinkable
without them, yet we know nothing about how they are made or who
makes them. This secrecy is regularly explained as "legitimate"
special security for a very special product. But it also has to do
with the unusual, highly politicized structure of the market in
which central banks, as well as state and private banknote
printers, operate. The armaments industry immediately comes to
mind. This obsession with secrecy, however, seems out of place in
the era of the internet. After all, banknote printing involves the
massive use - and often waste - of taxpayers' money. This is the
first book offering an in-depth view of the banknote industry and
its modus operandi. The only known former attempt to reveal this
story was by an American author (Terry Bloom: The Brotherhood of
Money. The Secret World of Banknote Printers, BNR Press, Port
Clinton, Ohio 1983). The edition of that book was bought up -
straight from the printing presses - by two prominent Swiss
representatives of the industry because the public was not supposed
to get an inside view of the business. Today Bloom's book is hard
to find even at dealers specialized in old books. An American
dealer in 2002 had one copy on offer for 150 Dollars. MONEYMAKERS
has been researched over a five-year period in Europe, the USA and
Latin America. The book is based exclusively on personal interviews
and confidential material normally not accessible to outsiders.
There were attempts to stop this research project. Many witnesses
interviewed spoke under condition of strict confidentiality for
fear of reprisals by their employers. As a rule therefore, the
author refrained from verbatim quotes and, as far as possible,
tried to confirm every piece of information by two independent
sources.
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