This conversation covers the book, "Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Bank for International Settlements" by Adam LeBor, offers an unauthorized investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), detailing its secretive operations and significant, often controversial, influence on global finance and politics. The text explores the BIS's origins in managing German WWI reparations and its evolution into a central bank for central banks, highlighting its role during WWII in facilitating Nazi financial interests. It further examines the BIS's post-war adaptation, its involvement in European economic integration, and its increasing global relevance in areas like financial stability and banking regulation, while also questioning its lack of accountability and transparency. The author supports his account with interviews, archival research, and previously undisclosed information, presenting a critical perspective on the unseen power wielded by central bankers and their impact on historical and contemporary events.

Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Bank for International Settlements by Adam LeBor

This conversation covers Antony C. Sutton's "Wall Street Trilogy," (https://amzn.to/46lMS0O) argues that American financial interests played a significant, often overlooked, role in supporting and shaping various totalitarian regimes. It contends that Wall Street financiers, like those from J.P. Morgan and General Electric, provided financial and technical assistance to the nascent Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and the Italian Fascist state, viewing these regimes as opportunities for economic exploitation and control rather than ideological adversaries. The text further suggests that figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt were deeply connected to these financial elites, and that his New Deal policies mirrored "corporate socialism," which centralized economic power. It also touches upon attempts by certain American business figures to establish a fascist-style government in the United States, and highlights how information regarding these connections was sometimes suppressed.

Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Bank for International Settlements by Adam LeBor

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