# A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind  ## Metadata - Author: [[Stephen Goodson]] - Full Title: A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind - Category: #books ## Highlights - problems of usury ([Location 165](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=165)) - deprives us of the means of having publicly-issued debt-free money ([Location 168](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=168)) - we use private money produced out of debt by the private banking system. ([Location 169](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=169)) - For any nation/state/society/community to have full sovereignty and independence in its affairs, absolute control over the means it employs to exchange goods and services must reside with the organs, which represent the people, and must not be delegated to private individuals. ([Location 195](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=195)) - parasitic bankers have invariably invoked a “patriotic” war in order to defeat the much maligned “enemy”. ([Location 201](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=201)) - creating money out of nothing as an interest bearing debt ([Location 204](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=204)) - dismantle their fractional reserve system of banking and supporting central banks, ([Location 208](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=208)) - The first “money” used in Rome was the cow. ([Location 224](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=224)) - This money was thus based on law rather than the metallic content (although that content was standardised, and the coin did have some intrinsic value, ([Location 237](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=237)) - there is nothing wrong with it, as long as it is issued by government, ([Location 242](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=242)) - whoever sets the prices of gold and silver, ([Location 244](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=244)) - There were very few deposits of silver in the Italian peninsula and as a consequence the Roman army had to be expanded, in order to conquer territories to obtain supplies. ([Location 266](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=266)) - Usury was flourishing with disastrous consequences.[4] ([Location 298](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=298)) - lower valuations ([Location 317](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=317)) - The scarcity of gold or commodity money frequently induced periods of ([Location 346](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=346)) - deflation ([Location 347](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=347)) - Note: Who said that’s a problem? - deflationary depression ([Location 373](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=373)) - false notion that money should be a commodity. ([Location 381](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=381)) - means of exchange be issued free of debt and interest ([Location 383](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=383)) - Jews take up decent trades and honest work ([Location 417](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=417)) - interest-free tally stick[17] ([Location 449](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=449)) - unethical business practices, ([Location 503](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=503)) - Note: Be specific. What unethical business practices? - a forerunner of the fraudulent fractional reserve system of banking, ([Location 508](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07F751QHZ&location=508))