From West to East;
Notes, Links & Glossary

Here you will find the full listing of the West to East notes, links and glossary that form part of the fascinating geopolitical book "From West to East – The Greatest Transfer of Power and Wealth in the History of Mankind". The book can be bought by clicking on the cover's image above or from Amazon.

Full West to East Notes:

Prologue

(1) http://tapnewswire.com/2015/10/six-jewish-companies-control-96-of-the-worlds-media/

Chapter One

The Puppeteers

(1-1-1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVacCVjYzvY

(1-1-2) http://freemindfilms.com/films/shadowring/

(1-1-3) https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/anthony-wile/one-world-government/

In particular the answers to the last three questions of the above interview

(1-1-4) http://www.globalresearch.ca/one-world-governance-and-the-council-on-foreign-relations-we-shall-have-world-government-by-conquest-or-consent/5541363

(1-1-5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtiOEpOnqtI

(1-1-6) http://www.endtimesdaily.com/articles-1/no-003-how-the-global-elitists-control-us-the-fed-amp-the-c-f-r

The Corporation of the City of London

(1-2-1) http://humansarefree.com/2013/11/the-british-crown-empire-and-city-of.html

(1-2-2) http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/212804#History

The Bank of England and Waterloo

(1-3-1) https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/archive/publications/history-and-functions.pdf

(1-3-2) http://www.globalresearch.ca/global-power-and-global-government-evolution-and-revolution-of-the-central-banking-system/14464?print=1

(1-3-3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

(1-3-4) http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp?Article=FinalWarning&C=1.4

(1-3-5) http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Nathan.Mayer.Rothschild.Quote.4F94

Events Leading up to the Establishment of the US Federal Reserve Bank

(1-4-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_central_banking_in_the_United_States

(1-4-2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank

(1-4-3) http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/federal_reserve.shtml

(1-4-4) http://www.federalbudget.com/fed.html

(1-4-5) https://europeanmediacentre.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/list-of-banks-owned-by-the-jewish-rothschild-family/

(1-4-6) A comprehensive, in-depth study on the subject is provided in the book Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin.

Bank for International Settlements

(1-5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlements

The Exchange Stabilization Fund

(1-6-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Stabilization_Fund

(1-6-2) http://www.marketskeptics.com/2011/06/the-esf-and-its-history.html

Bretton Woods Conference

(1-7-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_Conference

(1-7-2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system

The London Gold Pool

(1-8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Gold_Pool

History of Fiat Currencies

(1-9-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money

(1-9-2) http://dailyreckoning.com/fiat-currency/

(1-9-3) https://washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/the-average-life-expectancy-for-a-fiat-currency-is-27-years-every-30-to-40-years-the-reigning-monetary-system-fails-and-has-to-be-retooled.html

(1-9-4) https://www.financialsense.com/contributors/chris-mack/is-this-time-different-for-the-dollar

Chapter Two

The Rise of The Petrodollar

(2-1) http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/072915/how-petrodollars-affect-us-dollar.asp

Stagflation and US Fed Chairman Paul Volker

(2-2) http://www.federalreservehistory.org/Events/DetailView/41

Chapter Three

The 1987 Market Crash

(3-1) http://www.federalreservehistory.org/Events/DetailView/48

The Plunge Protection Team

(3-2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Group_on_Financial_Markets

Chapter Four

Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Aftermath of The August 1991 Coup

(4-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union

NATO’s Controversial Expansion Eastwards

(4-2) http://www.globalresearch.ca/natos-eastward-expansion-did-the-west-break-its-promise-to-moscow/5380144

Russian Oligarchs

(4-3-1) http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=8159

(4-3-2) https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/putin-and-russian-oligarchs-the-russian-and-ukraine-oligarchs-difference/

(4-3-3) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9073717/Nathaniel-Rothschild-loses-High-Court-libel-battle.html

Chapter Five

(5-1-1) http://www.globalresearch.ca/one-world-governance-and-the-council-on-foreign-relations-we-shall-have-world-government-by-conquest-or-consent/5541363

US Military Strength & Expenditure in the Post-Soviet Era

(5-2-1) https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2011/analysis-fiscal-year-2012-pentagon-spending-request/

(5-2-2) http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending#WorldMilitarySpending

Defence of the Petrodollar

(5-3) https://chrisinmaryville.net/world-war-iii-the-unthinkable-cost-of-preserving-the-petrodollar.html

Regime Change - Iraq 

(5-4) http://australianpolitics.com/2003/02/06/powell-address-un-security-council-on-iraq.html

Regime Change - Libya

(5-5-1) https://moraloutrage.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/facts-about-libya-under-gaddafi-that-you-probably-did-not-know/

(5-5-2) http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new-hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/

(5-5-3) https://www.intellihub.com/declassified-emails-reveal-nato-killed-gaddafi-stop-libyan-creation-gold-backed-currency/

(5-5-4) http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/07/27/great-man-made-river-nato-bombs/

(5-5-5) http://thebricspost.com/concerned-by-worsening-situation-in-libya-russia/#.VroUOVJSylI

US Sanctions - Iran

(5-6-1) https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Iran-Opens-Oil-Bourse-Harbinger-Of-Trouble-For-New-York-And-London.html

(5-6-2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran

(5-6-3) http://sputniknews.com/world/20071208/91488137.html

(5-6-4) http://www.iie.com/publications/pb/pb12-6.pdf

(5-6-5) http://m.gulfnews.com/business/global-clearinghouse-ready-to-shut-out-iranian-banks-1.982818

(5-6-6) http://www.globalresearch.ca/currency-war-escalation-iran-wants-euros-instead-of-us-dollars-for-oil-payments/5506266

(5-6-7) http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-threatens-new-sanctions-on-iran/5499283

Regime Change - Syria

(5-7) http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/pipeline-politics-in-syria/

The Dot-Com Bubble

(5-8) http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble

Chapter Six

The US Property Bubble

(6-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis

Revolving Doors

(6-2) http://sputniknews.com/us/20150710/1024439432.html

(6-3) http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_45/transcript-attorney-general-eric-holder-on-too-big-to-jail-1057295-1.html

Chapter Seven

2008 Crisis - Market Manipulation

(7-1) http://www.globalresearch.ca/manipulation-how-financial-markets-really-work/13773

(7-2) http://www.gata.org

(7-3) http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/17/financial-market-manipulation-new-trend-can-continue/

US Fed’s Secret USD$16 Trillion Loans

(7-4) http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/have-you-heard-about-the-16-trillion-dollar-bailout-the-federal-reserve-handed-to-the-too-big-to-fail-banks

(7-5) http://www.forbes.com/sites/traceygreenstein/2011/09/20/the-feds-16-trillion-bailouts-under-reported/#64b3e8786877

Dodd-Frank Bill & Quantitative Easing

(7-6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_easing

(7-7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodd-Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act

(7-8) http://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/p/Dodd-Frank-Wall-Street-Reform-Act.htm

(7-9) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/business/regulatory-relief-for-banks-that-rarely-fail.html?_r=0

(7-10) http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/16/five-years-on-dodd-frank-bank-rules-still-being-written.html

(7-11) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-probe-exclusive-idUSKCN0W62C0

Chapter Eight

(8-1) & (8-1-1) http://www.takeoverworld.info/Grand_Chessboard.pdf

NATO Antimissile Defence System

(8-1-2) http://www.globalresearch.ca/threatening-russia-u-s-missiles-in-romania-and-poland-europe-on-the-nuclear-frontline/5526068

(8-1-3) https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1202268/iskanders-in-kaliningrad/

(8-1-4) http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/05/russia.missiles/

Create a Crisis; Offer a Solution; Secure More Power

(8-2) http://www.globalresearch.ca/america-created-al-qaeda-and-the-isis-terror-group/5402881

Ukraine

(8-3) http://www.strategic-culture.org/pview/2013/12/17/what-west-wants-from-ukraine-enthralled-by-paradigm-offered-by-brzezinski-i.html

(8-4) https://yandex.com/video/search?text=Nuland%20speech%20CFR%20funding%20Ukraine%20regime%20change&path=wizard&parent-reqid=1477723454102849-4101965841364942845136033-sas1-5975&noreask=1&filmId=_VH2ATkOUXI

(8-5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0PeFBvHiK4

(8-6) http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/stratfor-chiefs-most-blatant-coup-history-interview-translated-full/ri2561

(8-7) https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htworld/20150420.aspx

Turkey

(8-8) https://www.rt.com/news/356380-turkey-russia-military-nato/

(8-9-1) http://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogans-checkmate-cia-backed-coup-in-turkey-fails-upsets-global-chessboard/5538735

(8-9-2) http://journal-neo.org/2016/08/31/top-usa-national-security-officials-admit-turkey-coup/

(8-10-1) http://www.pravdareport.com/news/world/asia/turkey/21-07-2016/135081-russia_turkey_coup-0/

(8-10-2) http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/turkey-why-russia-revealed-coup-plans-erdogan/ri15764

(8-11-1) http://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogan-calls-putin-as-russia-seethes-at-turkeys-syrian-incursion/5543218

(8-11-2) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-10/turkey-and-russia-sign-strategic-turkish-stream-gas-pipeline-deal

Iraq

(8-11-3) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-20/unraveling-aleppo-mosul-riddle

Russian-Israeli Relations

(8-12-1) http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000790600

(8-12-2) http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44606.htm

South China Sea

(8-13-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute

(8-13-2) http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/understanding-the-basis-for-chinas-s-china-sea-claims

(8-13-3) http://www.globalresearch.ca/china-threatens-us-primacy-in-asia-hague-tribunal-ruling-on-south-china-sea-falls-short/5542858

(8-13-4) http://www.globalresearch.ca/china-vs-america-in-the-south-china-sea-why-the-us-will-not-sign-the-un-convention-on-the-law-of-the-sea-unclos/5534685

(8-13-5) http://themillenniumreport.com/2016/10/america-has-lost-duterte-announces-separation-from-united-states-alligns-with-china-seeks-alliance-with-putin/

Russian and Chinese Military

(8-14-1) https://defencyclopedia.com/2015/11/25/top-10-most-powerful-weapons-of-the-russian-military/

(8-14-2) https://geopolitics.co/2016/05/29/how-russia-is-preparing-for-ww3/

(8-14-3) http://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/07/20/must-see-videos-the-new-weapons-of-war-that-illustrate-the-madness-of-us-foreign-policy/

(8-14-4) https://www.rt.com/news/339806-us-navy-russian-submarines/

US Air Force Readiness

(8-15-1) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/14/wiped-out-air-force-losing-pilots-and-planes-to-cuts-scrounging-for-spare-parts.html?intcmp=hpbt1

(8-15-2) http://www.globalresearch.ca/pentagon-cannot-account-for-6-5-trillion-dollars/5541244

Chapter Nine

(9-1) http://edition.cnn.com/US/9910/12/population.cosumption/

China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative

(9-2-1) http://journal-neo.org/2016/10/04/the-eurasian-century-is-now-unstoppable-2/

(9-2-2) http://www.evwind.es/2016/07/17/china-hopes-to-build-a-50-trillion-global-wind-energy-and-solar-power-grid-by-2050/57037

Restructuring and Repositioning of China’s Economy

(9-3) http://www.dw.com/en/is-china-overstating-its-gdp-growth-figures/a-18790828

Repositioning Russia’s Economy

(9-4-1) http://russia-insider.com/en/business/russias-looking-dominate-organic-food-market/ri14024

(9-4-2) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-06/russia-upends-world-wheat-market-with-record-harvest-exports

(9-5) http://journal-neo.org/2016/08/02/putin-nyet-to-neo-liberals-da-to-national-development/

(9-6) http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/leaked-ttip-papers-show-dawn-of-a-new-authoritarian-epoch/

(9-7-1) http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-origins-and-evolution-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp/5357495

(9-7-2) http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2016/09/01/the-secret-global-court-why-corporate-criminals-and-corrupt-politicians-desperately-want-the-tpp/#more-37252

(9-8) https://ttip-leaks.org

(9-9) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMbmdFOvTs

De-Dollarisation and the Gradual Internationalisation of the Chinese Yuan

(9-10) http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/08/12/world-bank-approved-as-the-first-sdr-bond-issuer-in-china

(9-11) https://www.rt.com/business/gazprom-neft-looks-eastward-805/

(9-12) http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/china-sold-one-quarter-trillion-of-us-treasuries-during-past-year/

(9-13) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-16/first-treasuries-now-china-also-liquidating-us-stocks

(9-14) https://www.rt.com/business/267460-us-russia-treasury-bonds/

(9-15) http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50134.htm

China’s Long-Term Commodity Supply Lines

(9-16) https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/koos-jansen/song-xin-increase-gold-reserves-and-join-sdr/

Chapter Ten

(10-1) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-19/forget-brexit-its-banks-stupid

(10-2) http://navaltoday.com/2016/09/15/european-border-and-coast-guard-gets-final-green-light/

(10-3) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/03/eu-to-fine-countries-that-refuse-refugee-quota/

Geopolitics—US Influence over the European Union

(10-4) http://www.globalresearch.ca/historical-origins-of-us-covert-operations-to-assimilate-europe-into-a-federal-state/5499410?print=1

(10-5) http://www.globalresearch.ca/a-case-for-sanity-italy-is-pushing-back-on-renewed-eu-sanctions-against-russia/5495106

The Refugee Crisis

(10-6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-SN16SkWm4&feature=youtu.be

(10-7) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36202490

Brexit

(10-8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon

(10-9-1) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-legal-challenge-high-court-bid-could-derail-theresa-may-s-eu-exit-timetable-a7199981.html

(10-9-2) https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/europes-current-economy/brussels-proposes-ending-any-right-to-vote-to-exit-eu/

(10-9-3) http://hubpages.com/politics/Theresa-May-and-her-Brexit-cabinet

(10-9-4) http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/691229/IMF-forced-admit-Britain-economy-growing-despite-Brexit-doom-EU

Growing Anti-European Union Sentiment

(10-10) http://thewealthwatchman.com/eu-globalists-are-about-to-have-their-doors-kicked-down/

EU Banking Crisis

(10-11-1) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-10/austria-just-announced-54-haircut-senior-creditors-first-bail-under-new-european-rul

(10-11-2) http://www.eba.europa.eu/documents/10180/1280458/2015+EU-wide+Transparency+Exercise+Report+FINAL.pdf

(10-11-3) http://ec.europa.eu/finance/bank/crisis_management/

Greece

(10-11-4) http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/08/01/How-well-did-the-IMF-handle-the-2010-Greek-crisis.aspx

Chapter Eleven

China-Russia Alliance

(11-1) http://russia-insider.com/en/politics_business/2014/11/04/02-10-16pm/7_big_recent_russian_energy_deals_china

US–Saudi Arabia Secret Deal

(11-2-1) http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2014/10/24/the-secret-stupid-saudi-us-deal-on-syria/

(11-2-2) http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/tom-conrad-the-worst-outlook-of-my-life

Possible Russian-Saudi OPEC Deal to Stabilise the Oil Price

(11-3-1) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-10/shots-fired-opec-has-practically-stopped-existing-rosneft-ceo-mocks-defunct-oil-cart

(11-3-2) http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-applauds-opec-accord-says-preference-output-freeze-novak-/28023625.html

Russia’s Plans for an Oil Futures Exchange

(11-4-1) http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/sep/pdf/bu-0912-8.pdf

(11-4-2) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-12/demise-dollar-hegemony-russia-breaks-wall-sts-oil-price-monopoly

(11-5) http://rbth.com/business/2015/09/18/gazprom_sells_123_billion_cubic_meters_at_first_gas_auction_49385.html

Iran

(11-6) http://www.globalresearch.ca/currency-war-escalation-iran-wants-euros-instead-of-us-dollars-for-oil-payments/5506266

The Economics of the Oil Business

(11-7) https://srsroccoreport.com/the-foundation-of-the-financial-markets-to-a-big-hit-in-2015/

Chapter Twelve

Central Banks’ Increasing Involvement in Financial Markets

(12-1) http://www.gata.org/node/4279

(12-2) http://www.gata.org/node/12426

Government Statistics

(12-2-1) http://www.shadowstats.com

(12-2-2) http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/8022/more-bls-bs

Market Manipulation

(12-3) http://schiffgold.com/commentaries/former-official-admits-fed-engineered-phony-wealth-effect-audio/

Financial Indicators

(12-4-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debt

(12-4-2) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/true-french-debt-gdp-146

(12-4-3) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/germany-final-frontier-whose-true-debtgdp-now-140

(12-4-4) http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2022646/why-chinas-debt-not-worth-losing-any-sleep-over-just-yet

(12-4-5) http://www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/government-debt-to-gdp

(12-4-6) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-05/banks-12-trillion-assets-threatened-shocks-even-recovery-imf-finds

(12-5) http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/04/07/student-loan-bubble-update-some-40-percent-of-borrowers-arent-making-payments/

(12-6-1) http://www.cardhub.com/edu/credit-card-debt-study/

(12-6-2) http://www.globalresearch.ca/looming-crisis-america-s-credit-card-debt-bubble-burst/17903

(12-7) http://www.mybudget360.com/how-much-do-americans-earn-in-2015-household-income-wages-real-income-gdp/

(12-8) https://geopolitics.co/2017/01/05/washington-is-behind-indias-brutal-demonetization-project/

(12-9-1) https://srsroccoreport.com/u-s-shale-gas-industry-countdown-to-disaster/

(12-9-2) https://srsroccoreport.com/end-of-the-u-s-major-oil-industry-era-big-trouble-at-exxonmobil/

(12-10) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-23/illinois-warns-crippling-tax-hikes-devastating-impact-if-largest-pension-fund-admits

Chapter Thirteen

(13-1) http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/2016/06/07/former-bank-of-england-head-mervyn-king-joins-alan-greenspan-in-advocating-gold-ownership/

The London Gold Market (LBMA)

(13-2-1) https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/bullionstar/infographic-london-gold-market/

(13-2-2) http://www.gold-eagle.com/article/moving-post-lbma-era-gold-price-reset-watch-out

(13-2-3) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-08/death-gold-market-why-one-analyst-thinks-run-london-gold-vaults-imminent

The New York Gold Market (COMEX)

(13-3) https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/bullionstar/infographic-comex-gold-futures-market/

Gold and Silver Price Suppression

(13-4-1) http://www.gata.org

(13-4-2) http://www.gata.org/search/node/veneroso+gold+data

(13-4-3) http://www.gata.org/node/1086

(13-4-4) http://www.gata.org/node/4250

(13-4-5) http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/7576/fun-comex-open-interest

(13-4-6) http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/7605/comex-gold-open-interest

(13-4-7) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-03/former-nymex-trader-explains-mechanics-silver-manipulation

(13-4-8) http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/6346/even-more-gold-yen-link

(13-4-9) https://srsroccoreport.com/how-high-will-silvers-value-increase-compared-to-gold-during-the-next-crash-check-out-these-charts/

Court Cases Against Bullion Bank Gold and Silver Price Suppression

(13-4-10) https://smaulgld.com/jp-morgan-cleared-silver-manipulation-case/

(13-4-11) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-05/major-victory-gold-silver-traders-judge-approves-manipulation-lawsuit-against-hsbc-s

Gold and Silver Demand

(13-5-1) https://www.goldvu.com

(13-5-2) https://srsroccoreport.com/two-gold-charts-western-central-banks-are-worried-about/

(13-5-3) https://srsroccoreport.com/how-high-will-silvers-value-increase-compared-to-gold-during-the-next-crash-check-out-these-charts/

Gold Accumulation by China

(13-6-1) https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/koos-jansen/song-xin-increase-gold-reserves-and-join-sdr/

(13-6-2) http://www.financeandeconomics.org/tag/china/page/5/

Gold Accumulation by India

(13-7) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-gold-discounts-idUSKCN10Y0K5

Sovereign Gold Repatriation

(13-8) https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/ronan-manly/update-on-bundesbank-gold-repatriation/

Chapter Fourteen

G20 Meeting in Hangzhou, China

(14-1-1) http://en.gmw.cn/2016-09/05/content_21829201.htm

(14-1-2) http://www.chinaembassy.or.th/eng/zgyw/t1395372.htm

(14-1-3) http://www.g20chn.com/xwzxEnglish/last_events/201609/t20160909_3420.html

Special Drawing Rights

(14-2-1) http://www.bis.org/review/r090402c.pdf

(14-2-2) http://www.reuters.com/article/china-sdr-idUSPEK18455820090323

(14-2-3) http://www.cdfund.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SDR-Special-aug2016-DEF.pdf

(14-2-4) http://statisticstimes.com/economy/world-gdp-ranking.php

Financial Derivatives

(14-3-1) http://www.rense.com/general87/d2l.htm

(14-3-2) http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-gives-green-light-to-credit-default-swaps-2016-09-23

The Chicago Plan

(14-4-1) https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12202.pdf

(14-4-2) http://www.rense.com/general87/d2l.htm

Chapter Fifteen

Global Power and Influence

(15-1) http://edition.cnn.com/US/9910/12/population.cosumption/

(15-2) http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/05/investing/molycorp-china-rare-earth-minerals/index.html

The Puppeteers’ Strategy

(15-3-1) http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-foreign-policy-and-the-campaign-to-destabilize-the-trump-presidency/5565825

(15-3-2) https://geopolitics.co/2017/01/11/sabotaging-the-donald-trump-presidency/

(15-4) http://www.beyondthehaze.com/homeland-security-take-us-elections-coup-making/

(15-5) http://journal-neo.org/2017/01/09/is-trump-the-back-door-man-for-henry-a-kissinger-co/

(15-6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvz9fudK-mE

Glossary

ABA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  American Bankers Association

AIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Insurance Group

ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ajustable-Rate Mortgage

BAFIN . . . . . . . . . . . .  Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)

BIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Bank for International Settlements

BoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Bank of England

BoJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Bank of Japan

BRICS . . . . . . . . . . . .  Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

CDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collateralized Debt Obligation

CDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Credit Default Swap

CFETS . . . . . . . . . . . . China Foreign Exchange Trade System

CFR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Council on Foreign Relations

CFTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodity Futures Trading Commission

CGSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange

CIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .  China International Payment System

CIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States

CPSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CRMPG . . . . . . . . . . . Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group

Dow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dow Jones Industrial Average

EBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  European Banking Authority

ECB . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  European Central Bank

EEU . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Eurasian Economic Union

ESF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Exchange Stabilization Fund

ETF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exchange-Traded Fund

FASB . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Financial Accounting Standards Board

FBI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

FDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreign Direct Investment

FDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  The US Federal Reserve Bank

FHFA . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Federal Housing Finance Agency

Fiat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiat money is currency by government decree, without any tangible backing

FRBNY . . . . . . . . . . . . US Federal Reserve Bank of New York

GAO . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Government Accountability Office

GATA . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Gold Anti-Trust Action

GSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Government-Sponsored Enterprise

G-SIB . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Globally-Systemically Important Bank

IBRD. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Independent Evaluation Office

IMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  International Monetary Fund

IOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  International Oil Bourse

ISDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Investor-State Dispute Settlement

MAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Mutually Assured Destruction

MBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Mortgage-Backed Security

MSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mainstream Media

NATO . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NIRP . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Negative Interest Rate Policy

OPEC . . . . . . . . . . . .   Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

PBOC . . . . . . . . . . . .   People’s Bank of China (Chinese central bank)

PLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  People’s Liberation Army

PPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The “Plunge Protection Team,” also known as the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets

QE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quantitative Easing (i.e., money printing)

REM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rare Earth Metals

SCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

SDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Drawing Rights

SFSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

SGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shanghai Gold Exchange

SNB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swiss National Bank (Swiss central bank)

SOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State-Owned Enterprise

SPIMEX . . . . . . . . . . . St Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange

SWIFT . . . . . . . . . . . . Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

TARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubled Asset Relief Program

TBTF . . . . . . . . . . . . . Too Big To Fail

The Puppeteers . . .  The small group of family dynasties that effectively control/influence the international financial system and the domestic and geopolitical policies of many governments

TPPA . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

TPTB . . . . . . . . . . . . .  The Powers That Be

Troika . . . . . . . . . . . .  European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund

TTIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

UN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  United Nations

UNSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . United Nations Security Council

WAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington Agreement on Gold

WTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Trade Organization

ZIRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zero Interest Rate Policy

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