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100 1 _aBrandeis, Louis Dembitz,
_d1856-1941
245 1 0 _aOther People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2018-08-31
505 0 _aPreface -- Our financial oligarchy -- How the combiners combine -- Interlocking directorates -- Serve one master only! -- What publicity can do -- Where the banker is superfluous -- Big men and little business -- A curse of bigness -- The failure of banker-management -- The inefficiency of the oligarchs.
508 _aProduced by Turgut Dincer, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It" by Louis Dembitz Brandeis is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work primarily addresses the issues of financial oligarchy and the power dynamics within the banking system in the United States, highlighting the control exerted by a few powerful investment bankers. It reflects on broader economic concerns regarding competition, monopoly, and the influence of money on democracy and society. The opening portion of this critical examination presents Brandeis’s view of the American financial landscape, emphasizing the consolidation of banks and trust companies, which he argues has resulted in a "Money Trust" that dominates the economy. Brandeis draws from statements by prominent figures, such as President Wilson and findings from the Pujo Committee, to illustrate how a small group of bankers exerts disproportionate control over credit and business operations, impacting competition and economic freedom. Through a detailed analysis of interlocking directorates and unethical financial practices, Brandeis sets the stage for a discussion on the ramifications of this concentration of power and the urgent need for reform to restore a more equitable economic system. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBanks and banking -- United States
653 _aFinance -- United States
700 1 _aHapgood, Norman,
_d1868-1937
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57819
999 _c98648
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