Acknowledgments
Foreword Reed Simpson
Introduction: Captured by the Debt Spider
The Yellow Brick Road: From Gold to Federal Reserve Notes
Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Behind the Curtain: The Federal Reserve and the Federal Debt
Experiments in Utopia: Colonial Paper Money as Legal Tender
How the Government Was Persuaded to Borrow Its Own Money
From Matriarchies of Abundance to Patriarchies of Debt
Pulling the Strings of the King: The Moneylenders Take England
While Congress Dozes in the Poppy Fields: Jefferson and Jackson Sound the Alarm
Scarecrow with a Brain: Lincoln Foils the Bankers
Lincoln Loses the Battle with the Masters of European Finance
The Great Humbug: The Gold Standard and the Straw Man of Inflation
The Bankers Capture the Money Machine
No Place Like Home: Fighting for the Family Farm
Talking Heads and Invisible Hands: The Secret Government
Witches' Coven: The Jekyll Island Affair and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Harnessing the Lion: The Federal Income Tax
Reaping the Whirlwind: The GreatDepression
Oiling the Rusted Joints of the Economy: Roosevelt, Keynes and the New Deal
Wright Patman Exposes the Money Machine
A Look Inside the Fed's Playbook: "Modern Money Mechanics"
Bear Raids and Short Sales: Devouring Capital Markets
Hedge Funds and Derivatives: A Horse of a Different Color
Enslaved by Debt: The Bankers' Net Spreads over the Globe
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: From Gold Reserves to Petrodollars
The Tequila Trap: The Real Story Behind the Illegal Alien Invasion
Freeing the Yellow Winkies: The Greenback System Flourishes Abroad
Sneering at Doom: Germany Finances a War Without Money
Another Look at the Inflation Humbug: Some "Textbook" Hyperinflations Revisited
Poppy Fields, Opium Wars and Asian Tigers
Waking the Sleeping Giant: Lincoln's Greenback System Comes to China
Recovering the Jewel of the British Empire: A People's Movement Takes Back India
The Debt Spider Captures America
Breaking the Back of the Tin Man: Debt Serfdom for American Workers
The Lure in the Consumer Debt Trap: The Illusion of Home Ownership
The Perfect Financial Storm
In the Eye of the Cyclone: How the Derivatives Crisis Has Gridlocked the Banking System
Maintaining the Illusion: Rigging Financial Markets
Meltdown: The Secret Bankruptcy of the Banks
The Magic Slippers: Taking Back the Money Power
Stepping from Scarcity into Technicolor Abundance
The Community Currency Movement: Sidestepping the Debt Web with "Parallel" Currencies
The Money Question: Goldbugs and Greenbackers Debate
The Federal Debt: A Case of Disorganized Thinking
Liquidating the Federal Debt Without Causing Inflation
"Helicopter" Money: The Fed's New Hot Air Balloon
Vanquishing the Debt Spider: A Banking System that Serves the People
Restoring National Sovereignty with a Truly National Banking System
The Question of Interest: Ben Franklin Solves the Impossible Contract Problem
Bailout, Buyout, or Corporate Takeover? Beating the Robber Barons at Their Own Game
The Quick Fix: Government That Pays for Itself
Government with Heart: Solving the Problem of Third World Debt
Building a Bridge: Toward a New Bretton Woods
Over the Rainbow: Government Without Taxes or Debt
Afterword: The Collapse of a 300 Year Ponzi Scheme
Postscript: February 2008 - The Bubble Bursts
Glossary
Selected Bibliography of Books and Suggested Reading
Notes
Index