While many Americans believe the U.S. Federal Reserve is the caretaker of the country’s monetary system, its also believed to be one of the worst financial institutions ever created. In 2022, amid a gloomy economy, war, and a number of global crises, the possibility of a great monetary shift has increased. The preceding years filled with panic, are very similar to the years that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System.
The Panics That Led to the Last Transition of Wealth May Help Us Understand Today’s Monetary Transformation
During the last few years, just before the onset of Covid-19, discussions about a “Green New Deal,” a “Great Reset,” and a “New Bretton Woods Moment” have increased a great deal. These topics have made people believe a great transition of wealth is taking place, and the consortium of modern central banking is bolstering the change. Many people wonder how these changes happen so fast, and why the public simply allows such transformative changes without question. The best way to understand such changes is to look at the great transition of wealth that took place in the late-1800s into the mid-1900s.
The first historical moment that took place back then was the creation of the Federal Reserve System. It is well documented that the Fed was born on December 23, 1913, after president Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, but the central bank’s inception started years before Wilson’s Act. What most people don’t know is that J.P. Morgan and the “Money Trust” or the “House of Morgan” helped fuel the creation of an American central bank. None of the evidence is hidden from the public as the Pujo Committee, a congressional subcommittee that operated from 1912–1913 investigated the
