On Apr 3, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
And then there’s good old Alexander Cockburn. I resubscribed to
Counterpunch not long ago after noticing an absence of global
warming denial articles by the co-editor. In a print article on the
origins of the Federal Reserve, Cockburn referred favorably to a
book titled “The Secrets of the Federal Reserve” by one Eustace
Mullins.
Yikes. Well, Ace has always been a little soft on the anti-Semites.
In any case, a really good book on the origins of the Fed is James
Livingston's. He makes it clear that the creation of the Fed was one
of the foundational acts of the modern American ruling class, giving
birth to itself on a national and international scale. The modern
corporation and modern stock markets were central to the act, with the
Fed at the nexus of both.
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