Why the West can't win: from Bretton Woods to a multipolar world
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adam_text | Contents List of Figures................................................................................. xii List of Tables..................................................................................... xv List of Photos................................................................................. xvi INTRODUCTION............................................................................. xvii CHAPTER 1. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.................. ... 1 Bretton Woods: From Military to Financial Colonialism............................. 2 Pseudo-Independence vs. Independence: India vs. China..............................5 CHAPTER 2. THE RISE OF THE EAST.......................................... 8 The Fallacy of Recent Western GDP Data................................................... 9 The Fading of the American Dream............................................................. 14 From the American Dream to the American Way of Life............................ 16 The Emergence of the Chinese Dream....................................................... 16 CHAPTER 3. ENERGY: THE LIFELINE OF NATIONS................ 18 Energy: A Reliable Economic Indicator.......................................................20 Energy Sources........................................................................................... 22 Nuclear.................................................................................................... 22 Hydroelectric........................................................................................... 22
Oil............................................................................................................. 22 Gas.......................................................................................................... 23 Renewables.............................................................................................. 23 The Nuclear Energy Monopoly................................................................... 23 The Fukushima accident......................................................................... 25 Oil Pricing.................................................................................................... 31 The myth ofprice as a function ofsupply and demand........................... 31 1973-1982: Oil replaces gold as backingfor the U.S. Dollar............... 3 2 Oil pricing as a geostrategic tool............................................................. 35 vii
CHAPTER 4. MONEY POWER....................................................... 37 The Rise of Money Power............................................................................ 38 The Bank of Venice.................................................................................. 41 Amsterdam Exchange Bank...................................................................... 41 The Central Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank)................................. 42 The Bank ofEngland............................................................................... 42 The Bank ofFrance.................................................................................. 42 German Central Bank (Reichsbank).......................................................44 The Bankfor International Settlements (BIS), the Central Bank of Central Banks................................................... 45 Democracy: The Preferred Political System for the Money Powers ... .45 Elections................................................................................................. 45 Wealth inequality and the problematic of the Gini Coefficient............... 47 The Sovereign vs. the Money Powers..........................................................49 The Supremacy of the Money Powers....................................................... 51 Free Trade Cosmopolitanism and Globalization....................................... 56 CHAPTERS. THE NIXON SHOCK BRETTON WOODS II . .58 The Neoliberal Vulture Economy................................................................ 60
Healthcare..................................................................... 69 The Fallacy of Per Capita Income as an Indicator of Social Affluence . . .71 Wealth Concentration.................................................................................. 72 Education.................................................................................................... 75 Ballooning National Debt............................................................................ 76 Currency and Interest Rate Manipulation.................................................... 78 The Latin American Debt Crisis: The Money Powers at Work................... 85 Economic hit men: Trapping countries into debt..................................... 86 The Federal Reserve pulls the trigger.................................................... 87 Goingfor the kill: Banks reclaim the debts............................................. 88 viii
CHAPTER 6. THE PRIMORDIAL ROLE OF GEOPOLITICS IN DEVELOPMENT......................... 90 Japan................................................................................................................... 90 Factors contributing to Japan ’s high growth period................................. 92 Reining in Japan: The return of the Unequal Treaties............................. 94 The BIS cuts Japan back to size.................................................................... 96 Japan’s fortunes in lockstep with geopolitical developments................ 100 The Asian Tigers...............................................................................................103 Economic development............................................................................... 104 Geopolitical context..................................................................................... 105 South Korea: Killing a tiger......................................................................107 The Path to Sustainable Development............................................................ 112 Why National Socialism is Demonized.........................................................116 CHAPTER?. FREE WORLD VALUES......................................... 122 Post-World War II Japan: The Kishi Clan Fiefdom..................................... 122 Manchukuo’s Economic Miracle.................................................................. 123 Slave labor and sex slaves......................................................................... 123 Terrorism, drugs, organized crime, and
money laundering................. 124 Racism and sexism......................................................................................124 Manchukuo’s Biological Miracle: Unit 731.................................................. 124 Metamorphosis: The Monster of Showa to Great Leader of the Free World.............................................................................................. 128 The Crusader Core of Western Civilization.................................................. 129 The Free World and the International Community..................................... 136 The historical conformity ofFree World civilizational values............. 137 Spain and the genocide of the Aztecs and Incas......................................138 Belgium ’s genocide in the Congo............................................................... 139 Great Britain in Kenya............................................................................... 141 Islamic, Russian and Chinese Empires.................................................... 142 The Money Powers’ Grip on Humanity........................................................ 148 ix
CHAPTER 8. THE GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICT: SUSTAINING THE UNSUSTAINABLE................. 149 Bretton Woods or No Bretton Woods........................................................ 150 Geostrategies............................................................................................ 152 The Empire ’s geostrategy: Control of energy resources...................... 153 The Empire’s Geostrategic Instruments.................................................... 155 The Bretton Woods Institutions.............................................................. 155 Virtual reality......................................................................................... 156 Military supremacy................................................................................ 161 The military reality................................................................................ 163 Dystopie political military leadership.................................................. 170 Russia/Iran/China Geostrategy: Development and Defense.................... 172 Highlights of the RIC countries ’historical relations with the West........................................................................................... 172 RIC progress......................................................................................... 182 RIC geostrategy: Economic defense..................................................... 182 RIC geostrategy: Military defense........................................................ 191 CHAPTER 9. THE WEST IMPLEMENTS ITS GEOSTRATEGIC PLANS............. 203 Plan A: Direct
Military Intervention ...................................................... 203 Plan B: Proxy Wars................................................................................. 206 Plan C: The Creation of Two Separate Worlds........................................ 208 RICophobia: The West’s ideological basis for the two worlds............ 210 Engineering the global economic crash............................................... 215 Bretton Woods to the rescue.................................................................... 227 Hedge funds: The four horsemen of the global crisis............................. 227 x
CHAPTER 10. THE END OF EMPIRE......................................... 231 What Future for the Two Worlds?.................................................................. 231 A Systemic Analysis of the Empire’s Power...............................................232 The Bretton Woods institutions.................................................................. 233 Virtual reality instruments........................................................................ 235 Military supremacy..................................................................................... 236 Key performance indicator: Control of the global energy reserves . . 237 Evaluating sovereign world power trends............................................... 239 The RIC Project for a Sovereign Fair World.............................................. 240 The Future of the Sovereign World.............................................................. 242 The Future of the Western Realm.................................................................. 244 The Unthinkable is Still Unthinkable........................................................... 247 The Endgame for the Money Powers........................................................... 248 Endnotes......................................................................................... 250 Index.................................................................................................. 335 xi
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Contents List of Figures. 'xii List of Tables. xv List of Photos. xvi INTRODUCTION. xvii CHAPTER 1. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. . 1 Bretton Woods: From Military to Financial Colonialism. 2 Pseudo-Independence vs. Independence: India vs. China.5 CHAPTER 2. THE RISE OF THE EAST. 8 The Fallacy of Recent Western GDP Data. 9 The Fading of the American Dream. 14 From the American Dream to the American Way of Life. 16 The Emergence of the Chinese Dream. 16 CHAPTER 3. ENERGY: THE LIFELINE OF NATIONS. 18 Energy: A Reliable Economic Indicator.20 Energy Sources. 22 Nuclear. 22 Hydroelectric. 22
Oil. 22 Gas. 23 Renewables. 23 The Nuclear Energy Monopoly. 23 The Fukushima accident. 25 Oil Pricing. 31 The myth ofprice as a function ofsupply and demand. 31 1973-1982: Oil replaces gold as backingfor the U.S. Dollar. 3 2 Oil pricing as a geostrategic tool. 35 vii
CHAPTER 4. MONEY POWER. 37 The Rise of Money Power. 38 The Bank of Venice. 41 Amsterdam Exchange Bank. 41 The Central Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank). 42 The Bank ofEngland. 42 The Bank ofFrance. 42 German Central Bank (Reichsbank).44 The Bankfor International Settlements (BIS), the Central Bank of Central Banks. 45 Democracy: The Preferred Political System for the Money Powers . .45 Elections. 45 Wealth inequality and the problematic of the Gini Coefficient. 47 The Sovereign vs. the Money Powers.49 The Supremacy of the Money Powers. 51 Free Trade Cosmopolitanism and Globalization. 56 CHAPTERS. THE NIXON SHOCK BRETTON WOODS II . .58 The Neoliberal Vulture Economy. 60
Healthcare. 69 The Fallacy of Per Capita Income as an Indicator of Social Affluence . . .71 Wealth Concentration. 72 Education. 75 Ballooning National Debt. 76 Currency and Interest Rate Manipulation. 78 The Latin American Debt Crisis: The Money Powers at Work. 85 Economic hit men: Trapping countries into debt. 86 The Federal Reserve pulls the trigger. 87 Goingfor the kill: Banks reclaim the debts. 88 viii
CHAPTER 6. THE PRIMORDIAL ROLE OF GEOPOLITICS IN DEVELOPMENT. 90 Japan. 90 Factors contributing to Japan ’s high growth period. 92 Reining in Japan: The return of the Unequal Treaties. 94 The BIS cuts Japan back to size. 96 Japan’s fortunes in lockstep with geopolitical developments. 100 The Asian Tigers.103 Economic development. 104 Geopolitical context. 105 South Korea: Killing a tiger.107 The Path to Sustainable Development. 112 Why National Socialism is Demonized.116 CHAPTER?. FREE WORLD VALUES. 122 Post-World War II Japan: The Kishi Clan Fiefdom. 122 Manchukuo’s Economic Miracle. 123 Slave labor and sex slaves. 123 Terrorism, drugs, organized crime, and
money laundering. 124 Racism and sexism.124 Manchukuo’s Biological Miracle: Unit 731. 124 Metamorphosis: The Monster of Showa to Great Leader of the Free World. 128 The Crusader Core of Western Civilization. 129 The Free World and the International Community. 136 The historical conformity ofFree World civilizational values. 137 Spain and the genocide of the Aztecs and Incas.138 Belgium ’s genocide in the Congo. 139 Great Britain in Kenya. 141 Islamic, Russian and Chinese Empires. 142 The Money Powers’ Grip on Humanity. 148 ix
CHAPTER 8. THE GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICT: SUSTAINING THE UNSUSTAINABLE. 149 Bretton Woods or No Bretton Woods. 150 Geostrategies. 152 The Empire ’s geostrategy: Control of energy resources. 153 The Empire’s Geostrategic Instruments. 155 The Bretton Woods Institutions. 155 Virtual reality. 156 Military supremacy. 161 The military reality. 163 Dystopie political military leadership. 170 Russia/Iran/China Geostrategy: Development and Defense. 172 Highlights of the RIC countries ’historical relations with the West. 172 RIC progress. 182 RIC geostrategy: Economic defense. 182 RIC geostrategy: Military defense. 191 CHAPTER 9. THE WEST IMPLEMENTS ITS GEOSTRATEGIC PLANS. 203 Plan A: Direct
Military Intervention . 203 Plan B: Proxy Wars. 206 Plan C: The Creation of Two Separate Worlds. 208 RICophobia: The West’s ideological basis for the two worlds. 210 Engineering the global economic crash. 215 Bretton Woods to the rescue. 227 Hedge funds: The four horsemen of the global crisis. 227 x
CHAPTER 10. THE END OF EMPIRE. 231 What Future for the Two Worlds?. 231 A Systemic Analysis of the Empire’s Power.232 The Bretton Woods institutions. 233 Virtual reality instruments. 235 Military supremacy. 236 Key performance indicator: Control of the global energy reserves . . 237 Evaluating sovereign world power trends. 239 The RIC Project for a Sovereign Fair World. 240 The Future of the Sovereign World. 242 The Future of the Western Realm. 244 The Unthinkable is Still Unthinkable. 247 The Endgame for the Money Powers. 248 Endnotes. 250 Index. 335 xi |
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