In A Miracle in Waiting Paul Hellyer pulls no punches. First
published in 1996 under the title Surviving the Global Financial
Crisis: The Economics of Hope for Generation X Hellyer maintained
that the monetarist counter-revolution has been one monumental flop
and predicted in the first two paragraphs that a meltdown was
inevitable. The entire book was prophetic and should be read in
that context. Hellyer argued that the federal deficit is nothing
but a red herring that detracts from more fundamental issues such
as the monetary system which, stripped of all the holy water that
has been poured on it over the years, is nothing more than the
perpetuation of a scam developed by the English goldsmiths more
than three hundred years ago - a scam that has turned out to be the
most profitable in history. This book removes the veil from the
mystery of money. Nearly all money is simply virtual - computer
entries by highly leveraged privately-owned banks that create money
out of thin air. Worse, they are allowed to lend their capital up
to twenty times or more and collect interest on it each time. Still
worse many of the loans are made to hedge funds and the financial
industry that make huge profits without creating any new real
wealth that is tangible and useful. Hellyer's book explains exactly
what has to be done. Bank ratios have to be reduced dramatically.
At the same time the proportion of money created by governments
(who own the patent on behalf of the people) has to be
substantially increased. This will allow the fiscal flexibility
necessary to balance their budgets and help finance critically
important projects such as the transformation from an oil economy
to one based on clean fuels. Many other major problems could be
solved by a substantial infusion of debt free money.
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2010 |
First published: |
March 2010 |
Authors: |
Paul Hellyer
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Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
236 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4490-8888-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
General
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LSN: |
1-4490-8888-0 |
Barcode: |
9781449088880 |
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