The Money Masters is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning sophistication the secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths fraudulently to accumulate wealth.

The Revolution: A Manifesto is a New York Times #1 best seller by Republican U.S. Congressman Ron Paul. According to Paul, the book is based on written notes during his 2008 presidential campaign. The contents include a brief preface, seven chapters, and a bibliographic appendix. The preface emphasizes that the book was written to contrast Paul’s ideas against “the deadening consensus that crosses party lines, that dominates our major media”. Paul closes by stressing the need for laymen to seek education “in the scholarship of liberty”, citing the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com for particular attention, and by laying out a presidential agenda based on the issues presented

COST OF A GLOBAL EMPIRE
by James Quinn
March 31, 2009
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of deaths construction

ESCALATOR OF LIFE - GOING DOWN
by James Quinn
March 19, 2009
We’re riding on the escalator of life
We’re shopping in the human mall
We’re dancing on the escalator of life
Won’t be happy ’til we have it all
We want it all

As General Motors Goes, So Goes the Nation
by James Quinn
February 26, 2009
General Motors was founded in 1908 in Flint, Michigan and grew to be the largest corporation in the world. Its market capitalization reached $50 billion in 2000. In the past week its market capitalization dropped below $1 billion to levels last seen during the [...]

BOOMERS – YOUR CRISIS HAS ARRIVED
by James Quinn
February 10, 2009
“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations, much is given. Of other generations, much is expected. This Generation has a rendezvous with destiny.”  Franklin Roosevelt – 1936
President Roosevelt was correct. The generation he was speaking to was already dealing with the worst financial crisis in [...]

GHOST MALLS – COMING TO YOUR TOWN
by James Quinn
January 20, 2009
The illustration of Old West ghost towns is something that every American can relate to. During the great gold rush of the mid 1800’s in California, Nevada, and Wyoming towns sprung up out of nowhere to support the gold mining efforts of those looking to [...]

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
20th CENTURY & BEYOND
by James Quinn
January 5, 2009
“The law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple system tries to regulate a complex system. The political system is simple. It operates with limited information (rational ignorance), short time horizons, low feedback, and poor and misaligned incentives.  Society in contrast is a complex, evolving, high-feedback, [...]

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
by James Quinn
December 16, 2008

“If y ou tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally [...]

TURKEYS CAN’T FLY
by James Quinn
November 24, 2008
” I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”. J. Wellington Wimpy
If you are old enough to remember the Popeye cartoons, you will remember Wimpy and his promise to pay at a later date for a hamburger today. As Congress listens to the latest pleas for $25 billion from [...]

THE SHALLOWEST GENERATION
by James Quinn
November 3, 2008
The Baby Boom Generation will never be mistaken for the Greatest Generation that survived the Great Depression and defeated evil in a World War that killed 72 million people. I hate to tell you Boomers, but putting a yellow ribbon on the back of your $50,000 SUV is not [...]

Cold War Episode 23 of 24: The Wall Comes Down (1989)
East-West tensions eased after the appointment of Mikhail Gorbachev. After the deaths of three successive elderly Soviet leaders since 1982, the Soviet Politburo elected GorbachevCommunist Party General Secretary in March 1985, marking the rise of a new generation of leadership. Under Gorbachev, relatively young reform-oriented [...]

Cold War Episode 21 of 24: Spies (1945-1990)
Since the late 1920s, the Soviet Union, through its OGPU and NKVD intelligence services, used Russians and foreign-born nationals as well as Communist and left-leaning Americans to perform espionage activities in the United States. These various espionage networks eventually succeeded in penetrating various U.S. government agencies, transmitting classified [...]

Cold War Episode 19 of 24: Freeze (1977-1981)
U.S. President Jimmy Carter tried to place another cap on the arms race with a SALT II agreement in 1979, but his efforts were undercut by three surprising developments: the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Nicaraguan Revolution, and Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.

Cold War Episode 17: Good Guys Bad Guys

Cold War Part 15 of 24: China (1948-1972)
In July 1971, President Nixon’s National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger secretly visited Beijing during a trip to Pakistan, and laid the groundwork for Nixon’s visit to China. Almost as soon as the American president arrived in the Chinese capital he was summoned for a meeting with Chairman Mao [...]

Cold War Episode 13: Make Love, Not War

Cold War Episode 11 of 24: Vietnam (1954-1968)
Episode 11 of the Cold War Series, covering the Vietnam war between South-Vietnam (aligned to the US) and North-Vietnam (aligned to the USSR and China, mainly aligned to USSR after the Sino-Sovjet split).

Cold War Episode 9 of 24: The Berlin Wall (1958-1963)
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcated the border between East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between [...]

Cold War Episode 7 of 24: After Stalin (1953-1956)
Episode 7 of the Cold War Series, covering the events after the death of Stalin: Formation of the Warschaupact in response to the formation of NATO. Also Chroetsjov’s famous speech about Stalin’s crimes and the following destalinisation, which caused unrest in Eastern Europe and the uprising in [...]

Cold War Episode 5 of 24: Korea (1949-1953)
Episode 5 of the Cold War Series, covering the Korea war between het capitalist south and the communist north. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea (officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) regimes, [...]

Cold War Episode 3 of 24: Marshall Plan (1947-1952)
Episode 3 of the Cold War Series, covering the post war poverty in Europe which increased the popularity of the communists among the people. To counter this, economic aid was given to Europe in the form of the Marshall Plan and the CIA tried to help bend [...]

Cold War Epsisode 1 of 24: Comrades (1917-1945)
Episode 1 of the Cold War Series, covering the origings of the tentions between the capitalist west and the communist Soviet Union. Starting with revolution of 1917 followed by the events of WW II, which outcome brought the Red Army into eastern Europe. “Red” officially refers to the [...]

Volume 9 - How to Cure Inflation (1980)
Inflation results when the amount of money printed or coined increases faster than the creation of new goods and services. Money is a “token” of the wealth of a nation. If more tokens are created than new wealth, it takes more tokens to buy the same goods. [...]

Volume 7 - Who Protects the Consumer? (1980)
Various government agencies have been created on the claim that they will protect the consumer. These agencies restrict freedom, stifle beneficial innovation, and become agents for the industries or groups they are intended to regulate. Friedman explains how the apparent chaos of the market place, the competition [...]

Volume 5 - Created Equal (1980)
The Declaration of Independence says, “all men are created equal.” Friedman explains that this did not mean all persons should or will have equal talents or income. Equal opportunity to better one’s self, and the right to personally benefit from the gains realized, are consistent with freedom. Equality of [...]

Volume 3 - Anatomy of Crisis (1980)
The Great Depression has been popularly viewed as a failure of capitalism. The stock market crash, the failure of the Bank of the United States, loss of personal savings, were visible symbols supporting this belief. As Friedman explains, the real cause was the unseen failure of government policy [...]

Volume 1 - The Power of the Market  (1980)
America’s freedom and prosperity derive from the combination of the idea of human liberty in America’s Declaration of Independence with the idea of economic freedom in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Friedman explains how markets and voluntary exchange organize activity and enable people to improve their lives. He [...]

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget.

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget.

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget. 

EPISODE 6: “Are We to Be a Nation? 1783-1788
Peace comes to the United States, but governing the world’s newest republic is no simple task. Congress is ineffectual and individual states act like sovereign nations. By the time the Constitutional Convention convenes in 1787, many wonder if the country can survive. The long ratification process helps [...]

EPISODE 4: “Oh Fatal Ambition” 1777-1778
The “united” states remain in dire need of funds and military support. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in hopes of creating an alliance which will provide both. Meanwhile, a British army marches down the Hudson River trying to cut off New England from the other colonies. The British are [...]

EPISODE 2: “Blows Must Decide” 1774-1776 
A total break from Great Britain remains hard for Americans to imagine, even after shots are fired at Lexington and Concord. Words push matters “Over the Edge” in 1776. Common Sense argues that it is the natural right of men to govern themselves. The Declaration of Independence declares this same [...]

Financial crisis of 2007–2009

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