The Rat Cap Podcast: The History of the Monetary System and the Road to Ruin, Part 1 (libsyn.com)
The structure of the modern banking system is the product of hundreds of years of bad legal and economic theory that is leading us to disaster. In Part 1 of this podcast, I explain some basic principles of money, banking and set out some early history of our current monetary system.
*Also, see my prior posts:
The Rational Capitalist: The Federal Reserve: Heart of Tyranny #4. Fractional Reserve Banking, Inflation, and Boom-Bust (theratcap.com)
The Rational Capitalist: Boom-Bust Index (theratcap.com)
The Rational Capitalist: Tales from the History of Money and Banking, Part II (theratcap.com)