“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale”
— Thomas Jefferson

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”
—Henry Ford

This video is a great introduction to our banking and monetary system. It is a fairly comprehensive overview of the history of money, US currency and the Federal Reserve. Learn why our current banking and monetary system is actually a major source of instability in our economic system.

If you would like to get started on this subject with a shorter video, we recommend the history of money video.