Woodrow Wilson's Christmas Grift of 1913

Woodrow Wilson’s Christmas Grift of 1913

Tags: Central Banks, Cronyism and Corporatism, The Fed, Inflation, Progressivism, U.S. History

01/05/2023 George Ford Smith

Two days before Christmas, 1913, the infamous “creature from Jekyll Island,” the Federal Reserve System, was birthed into our body politic. It has been devouring the economy ever since.

Original Article: “Woodrow Wilson’s Christmas Grift of 1913”

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