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Banks compete to buy national debt, profiting from interest. These banks then sell some bonds to the Federal Reserve at a profit through open market operations. The Federal Reserve pays for these bonds by writing checks drawn on an account with a zero balance. According to the Boston Federal Reserve, unlike personal checks, the Federal Reserve's checks aren't drawn on existing deposits; instead, they create money. The Fed gives these checks to banks, creating currency.

Speaker 0 describes fractional reserve banking. When you deposit $100, the bank keeps just $10 in reserve and loans out the remaining 90 at interest. That $90 gets deposited into another bank, which keeps 9 and loans out 81 at interest. This cycle repeats and is called fractional reserve banking, a system that legally allows banks to lend or invest 90% of your deposits, effectively circulating new money into the economy. Wealthy investors and big corporations are the first to get access to big loans at low interest rates. With this loan, they buy real estate, stocks and businesses before the money circulates through the broader economy. By the time those funds trickle down to the working class, they have already triggered inflation. The result? The banks collect interest by loaning out money that didn't belong to them. The rich use borrowed capital from the bank to acquire assets that skyrocket in value, easily covering their low interest loans. And the working class are required to pay higher prices for rent and food, because the money supply has expanded, while the number of actual goods are the same. And that's how the rich keep getting rich and the poor become more poor.

The transcript presents a sweeping critique of the modern monetary system, arguing that money is created not by governments but by private banks through debt, with consequences that affect the entire world. The speakers outline a long historical arc in which banking interests, central banks, and debt-based money have steadily gained power, eroded public sovereignty, and produced recurring crises, while the general population bears the costs. Key claims and points - The root problem: The money supply is created by the community of money users through borrowing from commercial banks. The bulk of money creation originates with banks, which decide when and how much money to produce, leading to an out-of-control system. Governments borrow money from banks, which effectively enslaves the broader economy. - Concept of the debt-money system: The money system is described as a global Ponzi scheme, in which new money comes into existence as debt with interest. Because interest must be paid, the system requires ever more debt to be sustained, and people and nations are drawn into a cycle that benefits banks at the expense of the public. - Historical pattern of private control: The narrative traces a long history in which private banking families (notably the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, and Morgans) and allied financiers manipulated governments to borrow and to reward speculative advantage. It alleges that private central banks and debt-based money systems sought to consolidate power in private hands, sometimes by fomenting or exploiting crises. - Tally sticks and early monetary control: In medieval England, tally sticks were used as money and as a way to keep money power out of bankers’ hands. Their suppression by bankers in 1834 is described as a revenge of a debt-free money system that had empowered the public for centuries. - Goldsmiths, fractional reserve lending, and counterfeiting: The text explains fractional reserve lending as a historic means by which goldsmiths expanded the money supply beyond real reserves, enabling them to profit from interest and to influence economies; this practice is labeled a form of counterfeiting and a source of systemic instability. - The rise of central banking and central control: The transformation from debt-free or government-issuing money to privately controlled central banks is traced from the Bank of England (1694) to the U.S. National Banking Act (1863) and the creation of the Federal Reserve System (1913). The Aldrich Plan, the Jekyll Island meeting (1910–1912), and the public relations campaign to popularize a central banking system are described as pivotal steps toward centralized control over the money supply. - Lincoln’s greenbacks and the political fight over money: The narrative emphasizes Abraham Lincoln’s issuance of greenbacks during the Civil War as debt-free money created by the government. It claims bankers reacted defensively (Hazard Circular) and moved to undermine greenbacks through bonds and later the National Banking Act, which made private banks central to the money supply. Lincoln’s assassination is linked to the broader battle over monetary policy. - Civil War, the rise of debt, and depressions: The text links episodes such as the Panic of 1837, the Coinage Act of 1873, and the Panic of 1893 to deliberate contractions or manipulations of money supply by banking interests. It argues these episodes were engineered to force or normalize debt-based monetary arrangements and central banking. - The 20th century and the Federal Reserve: The Great Depression is attributed to deliberate contraction of the money supply by the Federal Reserve. The text argues that the Fed, a privately owned central bank, has operated to protect the banking sector at the public’s expense, with the 2008 financial crisis cited as confirmation of this dynamic. - Political economy and influence: The narrative contends that politics and academia have been co-opted by moneyed interests. It asserts that large campaign contributions from banks shape policy, and that many economists are funded or controlled by the Reserve and major banks, limiting critical debate about monetary reform. It also claims media and public discourse are constrained by debt relationships and corporate power. - Proposed reforms and principles: Across speakers, a consensus emerges around three core reforms: - Forbid government borrowing as a mechanism for money creation; return to debt-free, government-created money that serves the public interest. - Put money creation under public control, not private banks, with national or local sovereign authority issuing debt-free currency. - End fractional reserve lending and ensure robust competition among banks so that money is created in the public interest and channeled into productive real-economy lending rather than financial speculation. - Practical implementation ideas offered by some speakers: - Government to issue debt-free sovereign currency directly; private banks would compete to lend government-approved money to the public. - Eliminate consolidated currencies (e.g., the euro) in favor of national sovereignty over money creation. - Use monetary policy to match money supply with real productive activity, controlling inflation by adjusting the money supply through public channels rather than debt-based credit expansion. - Repeal or reform existing central banking structures to reestablish a Bank of the United States owned by the people rather than by private banks. - Promote transparency, reduce the influence of special interests in academia and media, and educate the public about money creation. - Enduring critique and warning: If the status quo persists, the system is said to threaten Western civilization and global freedom, with potential for continued debt-serfdom and systemic collapse if debt-based money and private central banks remain in control. - Concluding perspective: The speakers urge decisive reform, emphasizing that the truth about money creation is accessible to the public and that collective political will can restore monetary systems to serve the people. They conclude with a call to remember Margaret Mead’s idea that a small group can change the world, and exhort listeners to pursue debt-free monetary reform as a path to greater production, independence, and freedom.

Banks don't lend money; they purchase securities. When someone seeks a loan and signs the contract, they issue a promissory note, which the bank purchases. The money isn't transferred; it's already within the bank. A deposit is the bank's record of its debt to the public. The money a person thinks they're getting as a loan is simply the bank's record of the money it owes them.

The government creates IOUs in the form of bonds, increasing the national debt. These IOUs are then swapped for currency, with the banks selling the debt to the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve buys the IOUs with checks that have no actual funds, resulting in the creation of currency. The government spends this currency on various programs and services, while banks multiply the currency through fractional reserve lending. Taxes are then collected to pay off the debt, and the system relies on ever-increasing levels of debt. The secret owners, the world's largest banks, profit from this system. It causes economic disparity and enslavement, but there is hope in educating the public about the system.

Banks create money out of nothing and lend it at interest, a legal form of fraud. The banking lobby blames inflation on high wages and speculation, not on the money creation by banks. This practice leads to economic problems that cannot be solved.

The Bank of England, the world's first privately owned central bank, was deceptively named to appear government-affiliated. It sold shares to undisclosed investors who contributed 1.25 million British pounds in gold coin. The bank operated by loaning out more money than it had in reserves, charging interest. In return, it provided unlimited currency loans to British politicians, backed by taxing the people. This legalized counterfeiting of national currency for private gain. Today, many nations have privately controlled central banks following the Bank of England's model. These central banks gain total control over a nation's economy, creating a plutocracy ruled by the wealthy. The central bank system acts as a hidden tax, as governments sell bonds to the central bank, which creates money out of nothing, leading to inflation. In 1790, Alexander Hamilton proposed a bill for a new privately owned central bank in the United States.

Banks don't lend money; they purchase securities. When someone seeks a loan and signs the contract, they issue a promissory note, which the bank purchases. The money isn't transferred; it's already within the bank. A deposit is the bank's record of its debt to the public. The money the bank owes is what people perceive as the money they are getting.

You're about to learn the hidden secret of money and how the banking system truly works. Politicians create deficit spending, which leads to the Treasury issuing bonds, essentially IOUs that become our national debt. Banks buy these bonds, then the Federal Reserve buys them from the banks with counterfeit checks, creating currency out of thin air. Banks then use fractional reserve lending, loaning out most of your deposits while only holding a fraction in reserve, further expanding the currency supply. This system enriches the banks and indebts the public, leading to inflation because more currency causes prices to rise. Taxes are then used to pay interest on these bonds, perpetuating the cycle. The Federal Reserve, a private entity, benefits immensely from this fraud. This system requires ever-increasing debt and will eventually collapse under its own weight. Sharing this knowledge is crucial to building a better future.

A thousand years after the death of Christ, money changers, those who loan out and manipulate the quantity of money, were active in medieval England. They were not bankers per se; the money changers generally were the goldsmiths. They were the first bankers because they started keeping other people's gold for safekeeping in their vaults. The first paper money was merely a receipt for gold left at the goldsmith. Paper money caught on because it was more convenient than carrying around a lot of heavy gold and silver coins. Eventually, goldsmiths noticed that only a small fraction of the depositors ever came in and demanded their gold at any one time. Goldsmiths started cheating on the system. They discovered that they could print more money than they had gold, and usually, no one would be the wiser. Then they could loan out this extra money and collect interest on it. This was the birth of fractional reserve banking, that is, loaning out many times more money than you have assets on deposit. So, if a thousand dollars in gold were deposited with them, they could loan out about $10,000 in paper money and draw interest payments on it, and no one would ever discover the deception. By this means, goldsmiths gradually accumulated more and more wealth and used this wealth to accumulate more and more gold. Today, this practice of loaning out more money than there are reserves is known as fractional reserve banking. Every bank in The United States is allowed to loan out at least 10 times more money than they actually have. That's why they get rich on charging, let's say, 8% interest. It's not really 8% per year, which is their income. It's 80%. That's why bank buildings are always the largest in town. But does that mean that all interest or all banking should be illegal? Hardly. In the Middle Ages, canon law, the law of the Catholic Church, forbade charging interest on loans. This concept followed the teachings of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. They taught that the purpose of money was to serve the members of society to facilitate the exchange of goods needed to lead a virtuous life. Interest, in their belief, hindered this purpose by putting an unnecessary burden on the use of money. In other words, interest was contrary to reason and justice. Reflecting Church law in the Middle Ages, Europe forbade charging interest on loans and made it a crime called usury. As commerce grew, and therefore opportunities for investment arose in the late Middle Ages, it came to be recognized that to loan money had a cost for the lender, both in risk and in lost opportunity. So some charges were allowed, but not interest per se. But all moralists, no matter what religion, condemn fraud, oppression of the poor, and injustice is clearly immoral. As we will see, fractional reserve lending is rooted in a fraud, results in widespread poverty, and reduces the value of everyone else's money. The ancient goldsmiths discovered that extra profits could be made by rowing the economy between easy money and tight money. When they made money easier to borrow, then the amount of money in circulation expanded. Money was plentiful. People took out more loans to expand their businesses. But then, the money changers would tighten the money supply. They would make loans more difficult to get. What would happen? Just what happens today. A certain percentage of people could not repay their previous loans and could not take out new loans to repay the old ones. Therefore, they went bankrupt and had to sell their assets to the goldsmiths for pennies on the dollar. The same thing is still going on today. Only today, we call this rowing of the economy up and down the business cycle. Like Julius Caesar, King Henry the first

The banking system in the United States relies solely on public confidence, which is based on the soundness of the product, not marketing. Confidence is crucial because the banking system does not actually have the money it appears to.

Borrowing from banks leads to nations becoming dependent on loans, resulting in banks having power over them. This creates a system where banks rule instead of a sovereign democracy. This is known as plutocracy, which is a major issue in today's economies. For instance, Obama borrowed $2 trillion from big banks and gave it back to them, supposedly for lending to the public. However, this system allows banks to lend out much more money than they actually have through fractional reserve lending. The 2008 financial crisis showed that big banks were highly leveraged, and Obama even suggested eliminating reserve requirements altogether. This system allows banks to consolidate wealth and control the politics of the nation, undermining government sovereignty and public interest.

Banks create money out of nothing and lend it at interest, which is legal but akin to counterfeiting or cooking the books. The banking lobby avoids changing the system by blaming inflation on high wages or housing speculation, not acknowledging the root cause of money creation by banks.

Speaker 0: So who are the people that actually get to be inflation? Well, they're the ones that are climbing up the network. They're the compromised ones. Why? What do they get? They get 0% money. The most corrupt money in the world is quantitative easing. Right? You essentially get the banks to buy the government's debt, and then central banks, put it on their balance sheet. So this is just pure corruption. This is below interest money. What about the banks? They get to create it for free. You know, they actually get to create it. They get a thousand decks on you you're paying 10%. They get they get to lever that up a 100 times. They get a thousand percent. And remember, this is all a debt based Ponzi scheme. The money to pay the interest doesn't exist, so you gotta find another person to take on the debt. You're either if you have a positive money in your in your bank balance, it's because somebody else is in debt. The money doesn't exist unless somebody else is in debt, and the money to pay the interest doesn't exist. So we create this economic environment where your money is continually being debased, and then you need to speculate in order to beat inflation. Now if you do a bit of speculation and you just invest some of your money in stocks, what happens? You're suddenly like, I don't know what stock to buy. I'm I'm not a professional trader. So there's a company out there, BlackRock, that will just buy all the stocks for me, and I just can give them a £100 a month or something. And, now I don't need to figure out what stock to buy. Okay. So now BlackRock is taking everyone's investment money that can't be bothered to figure out what stock through ETFs and index ones. Then they're taking everyone's pension. Then they're taking everyone's insurance contributions because you're trying to hedge some of the risk. And then when you get your house, you have to have insurance. And so where did BlackRock and all the asset managers in this financial industrial complex get all the money? It's your money. You paid for it. So then what do they do? Well, the banks create all of these. They they create new money every time they issue a mortgage. And then they say, do you know what? I don't even wanna take the risk of these mortgages anymore. What if can I just package it up and give it to someone else? So Larry Fink says, yeah. I've got all this money. All these people are putting these pension money in. Why don't we create something called a mortgage backed security? Let's package up all of these mortgages. Just put them into one product. And then what I can do is we can slap a credit rating on it. And if everyone complies, then they get this credit rating. Credit rating is not it's about compliance with the network. So now you've got all the banks are creating the money, and then they create these mortgage backed securities that allows them to control effectively all the real estate and transfer it. But who do they sell it to? They sell it to you. And so they created the money. They created the mortgage backed security, and then they sold it to your pension. So you paid for the very system for them to get the 0% money in the first place, and they're charging a fee for it. And what else do they get? They get a board seat on every company.

The Treasury issues IOUs in the form of bonds. Banks buy these bonds with currency. The Federal Reserve then writes its own IOUs, or checks, and gives them to banks in exchange for the Treasury bonds. This process creates currency. Essentially, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury swap IOUs, using banks as intermediaries to create currency. This process enriches the banks and increases public debt by raising the national debt. The end result is an accumulation of bonds at the Federal Reserve.

The Bank of England, the world's first privately owned central bank, was deceptively named to appear government-affiliated. It sold shares to undisclosed investors who contributed 1.25 million British pounds in gold coin. The bank then loaned out more money than it had in reserves, charging interest. In return, it provided British politicians with unlimited currency, as long as they imposed direct taxes on the people. This legalized counterfeiting of national currency for private gain became the model for privately controlled central banks worldwide. These banks eventually gained total control over a nation's economy, creating a plutocracy ruled by the wealthy. The central bank scam acts as a hidden tax, as governments sell bonds to the bank, which creates money out of nothing, leading to inflation. In 1790, Alexander Hamilton proposed a bill for a new privately owned central bank in the United States.

A central bank is an institution that issues and regulates a nation's currency. It controls interest rates and the money supply. The central bank loans money to the government with interest. This system creates debt because every dollar produced is actually the dollar plus a certain percentage of debt. The banking system has a monopoly on currency production and continually increases the money supply to cover the outstanding debt. This perpetuates more debt and creates a cycle of slavery. In the early 20th century, powerful banking families like the Rockefellers and Rothschilds pushed for the creation of another central bank. They used an incident orchestrated by JP Morgan to sway public opinion.

A man questions a judge about how banks supposedly operate with borrowed funds. He presents a scenario: “I gave you the equivalent of $200,000. You returned the funds back to me, and I have to repay you $200,000 plus interest. Do you think I’m stupid?” He asserts that banks and Congress allow practices where banks breach written agreements, use false or misleading advertising, act without written permission or the borrower’s knowledge, and transfer actual cash value from the borrower to the bank, then return it as a loan. The man asks if, in this system, the borrower’s actual cash value funds the bank loan check and how the bank then uses those funds. The other participant, identified as a borrower in the discussion, responds that the borrower “got a check in the house.” The man pushes: is it true the actual cash value funding the loan check came directly from the borrower and that the bank received the funds from the borrower “for free”? He states, “No equal consideration. They got it from you for free,” and presses that the bank’s policy is to transfer the borrower’s cash value from the check to themselves and keep the money as the bank’s property, which they then loan out back to the borrower as if they own it and loan their own money. The other participant answers affirmatively, though notes not being present at the time to know the borrower’s intent. The man asks further: if a lender loans a borrower $10,000 and the borrower refuses to repay, is the lender damaged? The reply: yes, the lender is damaged if the loan isn’t repaid. He asks whether the bank’s practice is to take the borrower’s actual cash value, use it to fund the bank loan check, and never return it to the borrower. The response: the bank returns the funds, but as a loan to the borrower. The man clarifies: was the cash value returned as the bank loan to the borrower or as return of the money the bank took? Answer: as a loan. The man concludes, “So how did the bank get the borrower’s money for free? … It doesn’t make any sense.” A narrator then frames the scene: a man discussing banking with a judge, summarizing the exchange about funding checks with the borrower’s name, and the judge’s reaction that “all the banks are doing this” and that Congress allows it. The narrator describes the process in which you apply for a loan, a check with your name is issued, the bank takes it, and then “gives it back to you as a loan plus interest,” sourced from your own funds. He asserts there is no equal consideration and suggests people don’t understand truth in lending. The speaker claims that if the public understood the financial system, there would be a revolution, but people prefer to “dance.”

The biggest hidden secret of money is that the modern banking system allows a few to plunder many through a scam. Currency is created faster than trees can grow, but most people don't understand how. Modern societies create currency similarly, and the US dollar is the majority of the world's currency, so the United States will be used as an example. It begins when a politician says, "Vote for me."

The treasury creates currency and deposits it into government branches, which politicians then use for deficit spending on public works, social programs, and war. Government employees, contractors, and soldiers deposit their pay in banks. When you deposit currency in a bank, you are loaning it to them, and they can use it as they please, including investing in the stock market and lending it out at a profit. This is where fractional reserve lending comes into play, allowing banks to reserve only a fraction of deposits.

Banks don't lend money; they purchase securities. When you sign a loan contract, you're issuing a promissory note, which the bank purchases. This is different from what banks present to the public. You might ask, "How do I get my money?" The bank will say it's in your account. No money is actually transferred. It's already within the bank because a deposit is simply the bank's record of its debt to the public. Now, the bank owes you money, and its record of that debt is what you perceive as money. That's all it is.

Epstein recalls his path from Wall Street trader to philanthropist funding cutting-edge science, and in parallel, his views on money, complexity, and the limits of understanding complex systems. - Santa Fe Institute and complexity: Epstein describes founding Santa Fe Institute as part of an effort to study complexity mathematically. He explains that, in the late 1980s–early 1990s, he funded the institute after Los Alamos and other physics centers were losing scientists. The aim was to see if “these areas of strange things can be described by some form of mathematics.” Langdon, Murray Gell-Mann, and Chris Langdon are mentioned in connection with Santa Fe and related complex-systems work, including artificial life and biosphere studies. Epstein stresses that the goal was to develop tools to understand complex systems rather than to force them into traditional machine-like models. - Transition from prestige to numbers: Epstein explains how the world shifted from valuing reputation to valuing calculable metrics. He notes that by the mid-1970s on Wall Street, “the most important parts of business were really now going to calculations.” He contrasts reputational measures (like being Rockefeller) with the need to understand the financial underpinnings of institutions through numbers, not just status. - Trilateral Commission and Rockefeller board: Epstein recounts being invited to join the Rockefeller board due to financial expertise as the university expanded, and his interactions with figures like David Rockefeller. He describes the trilateral commission—comprising leaders from North America, Europe, and Asia—asking him to join when he was in his early 30s. He even recounts jokingly listing “Jeffrey Epstein, comma, just a good kid” on the application, a detail he raises to illustrate how financial insight was valued in these elite circles. - Money, assets, and liabilities: Epstein emphasizes a recurring theme: leaders often misunderstand money and its mechanics. He distinguishes how individuals perceive assets and debt (feeling wealthier when assets rise vs. debt) from how banks’ assets are defined (what they are owed by others). He explains fractional reserve banking simply: with one dollar held, a bank can lend out nine, highlighting how this system relies on confidence and liquidity rather than physical cash on hand. - Inflation, central banking, and complexity: He connects inflation to fractional reserve concepts and describes how the banking system has to be understood as a network of interdependent pieces. He argues that most world leaders lack deep financial literacy, and even bankers can be unaware of systemic dynamics. He uses examples of the Liquidity and the blood-flow analogy to explain why liquidity is vital to prevent system collapse. He notes that the “central banks” live with the fear of runs on the bank, not only inflation. - The 2008 crisis and personal circumstances: Epstein recounts being in jail in West Palm Beach in 2008 during the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the Bear Stearns episode. He describes solitary confinement, a brown jumpsuit marked “trustee” (spelled incorrectly), Almond Joy bars, and two phones for collecting calls. He describes making collect calls to Bear Stearns’ Jimmy Cayne and to a JPMorgan contact about Bear Stearns and the broader crisis. He recounts learning about Lehman’s collapse from these conversations and witnessing the “greatest financial crisis in world history” unfold from prison. - The systemic nature of crisis and derivatives: The interview touches the debate over causes of the crisis, with Epstein arguing that derivatives were not the fundamental cause; rather, “these are system collapses.” He explains that the crisis involved a complex set of interactions—subprime lending, guarantees by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accounting rule changes, and debt instruments—that collectively stressed the financial system. He notes that government actions often altered incentives, such as guaranteeing subprime loans, which shifted risk to the banking system. - Subprime lending and moral hazard: Epstein discusses how politicians, particularly Bill Clinton, promoted home ownership as a political weapon to gain votes, encouraging banks to lend to subprime borrowers with federal guarantees. He describes the accounting changes that required banks to mark down asset values differently under stress tests, further stressing confidence in the system. He suggests that the combination of policy incentives and financial instruments created conditions ripe for a systemic crisis, though he cautions against single-cause explanations. - On understanding and predictability: A recurring thread is the gap between mathematical models and real-world outcomes. Epstein emphasizes that even the world’s smartest people cannot predict complex systems with precision. He discusses the notion of “measurement” in science, arguing that “measure” is often used loosely in finance and markets. He argues that complexity makes full understanding difficult or impossible, comparing it to the limitations of Newtonian physics when faced with quantum-scale phenomena and other unexplainables. - Newton, Leibniz, and the evolution of science: The conversation travels back to foundational figures—Newton, Leibniz, and their roles in calculus and physics. Epstein presents Newton as enabling precise predictions in the physical world through laws describing motion, gravity, and planetary dynamics, while recognizing that later theories (quantum mechanics, chaos, complexity) reveal limits to complete predictability. He notes that Newton bridged geometry and physics, and that later scientists separated mathematics from philosophy, which contributed to rifts in understanding. - The soul, life, and science: The dialogue turns philosophical, with Epstein discussing the soul, life, and consciousness as phenomena difficult to quantify. He references thinkers like Schrodinger and Leibniz, and he suggests that life and consciousness may resist straightforward mathematical descriptions. He argues that a new science may need to incorporate intuition and non-mechanical ways of knowing, acknowledging that while mathematics can describe much of the physical world, aspects like life and the soul resist easy quantification. - Funding, ethics, and money’s sources: The discussion ends with questions about the ethics of funding scientific research and the sources of Epstein’s wealth. He defends his philanthropy, arguing that money can fund important work (like eradicating polio) regardless of its source, while acknowledging that people may have concerns about where money comes from. He asserts that his funding priorities include exploring unexplainable phenomena with mathematical or computational approaches while recognizing the limitations of those methods. - Closing reflections: The exchange often returns to the tension between measurement, predictability, and intuition. Epstein emphasizes the ongoing search for tools to understand complex systems, recognizing that the most meaningful questions may lie beyond current mathematical reach and may require new frameworks, interdisciplinary collaboration, and openness to non-traditional ways of knowing.

The modern banking system creates currency faster than nature. Politicians create deficit spending, which is paid for by Treasury bonds (IOUs). Banks buy these bonds and sell them to the Federal Reserve at a profit. The Federal Reserve creates currency by writing checks on accounts with zero balance, giving the currency to banks, who then buy more bonds. The Treasury deposits this currency, and the government spends it. When currency is deposited in banks, it is loaned out through fractional reserve lending, expanding the currency supply. 92-96% of all currency is created by the banking system, leading to inflation. Taxes are used to pay interest on bonds the Federal Reserve bought with essentially nothing. The system requires ever-increasing debt and will eventually collapse. The Federal Reserve is a private corporation owned by banks, who profit through interest and dividends. The system funnels wealth to the government and banking sector, causing economic booms and busts and wealth disparity. The solution is to understand the system, share the knowledge, and join the conversation to design a new monetary system.

The biggest hidden secret of money is that so few plunder so many through the biggest scam in history. The modern banking system creates currency faster than trees can grow. Most people don't understand how currency is created because economists and bankers make it seem too complex. Every modern society creates currency similarly, but the US will be used as an example since the US dollar is the majority of the world's currency. It starts when a politician says vote for me.