num_pages: 224
description: Why do we think governments know how to create money? They don't. George Gilder shows that money is time and time is real. He is our best guide to our most fundamental economic problem. --Peter Thiel founder of PayPal and Palantir TechnologiesThirty-five years ago George Gilder wrote Wealth and Poverty  the bible of the Reagan Revolution. With The Scandal of Money he may have written the road map to the next big boom. --Arthur B. Laffer coauthor of the New York Times bestseller An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of StatesGilder pushes us to think about the government monopoly on money and makes a strong case against it. If you believe in economic freedom you should read this book. --Senator Jim DeMint president of The Heritage Foundation As famed economist and New York Times bestselling author George Gilder points out despite multi-billion dollar stimulus packages and near-zero interest rates Wall Street recovers but the economy never does .In his groundbreaking new book The Scandal of Money Gilder unveils a radical new explanation for our economic woes. Gilder also exposes the corruption of the Federal Reserve Washington power-brokers and Wall Streets too-big-to-fail megabanks detailing how a small cabal of elites have manipulated currencies and crises to stifle economic growth and crush the middle class.Gilder spares no one in his devastating attack on politicians economic policies. He claims that the Democrats will steer us to ruin  but points out that Republicans are also woefully misguided on how to salvage our economic future. With all major polls showing that voters rank the economy as one of the top three most important problems facing the nation Gilders myth-busting paradigm-shifting recipe for economic growth could not come at a more critical time.In The Scandal of Money  the reader will 
language: English
title: The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does
publisher: Regnery Gateway