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The Guernsey Monetary Experiment

In the 19th century the British island of Guernsey carried out an experiment in creating and distributing its own local currency to support local projects without going to the usurious banking system for funding. This is the story in a collection of short books and pamphlets about it and an audio recording.

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Kinghorn-Jones, J. Alfred

Blot out crime, proverty, prostitution, war : why and how (1914)

Some notes and highlights from the book.

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"Every honest, kindly person, with reasoning power, who will throw aside all prejudice and early teachings, so far as possible, an...

Ferdinand Lundberg

America's 60 Families (1937)

Some highlights and notes from the book, extensive references at the end.

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CONTENTS
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This was written about the USA in 1937.
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6000 people top the US #usurocracy in 1937 with Rockefeller on top.
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"Without minimizing the significance o...

Jeffrey Mark

The Modern Idolatry (1934)

An analysis of usury & the pathology of debt

This is an overview and highlights from the book - download The Modern Idolatry

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Table of Contents:

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Preface

The preface is much longer than these extracts, really well-written.
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"He has been impelled to do this, be-cause so ma...

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Earlier in the summer I read
Fiat Money Inflation In France (review & download page) (cached pdf) (1896) by Andrew Dickson White (wikipedia), a largely-unknown story of a major factor behind French Revolution.

 The Warning

"There are limitations to the powers of governments and of peoples that inhere in the constit...