by George Ford Smith
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Book Description
Late one Halloween night the White House receives news that the federal reserve chairman was killed when the biplane he was flying crashed on his farm in eastern Virginia. But it’s not the loss of their lord of interest rates that has the administration in turmoil â€" it’s the circumstances surrounding the tragedy that a certain web site, barbarous-relic.com, is broadcasting to the world. Its home page consists of two captioned photos, both implicating the Fed chairman, that threaten to unravel the government’s monetary monopoly.The fast-paced story pits the entrenched forces of inflation against a growing underground movement for sound money. Combining a high-energy plot with scholarly research, The Flight of the Barbarous Relic, with unrelenting suspense, shows the supreme necessity of taking money back from the government if we are to have a civilized and prosperous future.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
This Book Should Scare You Straight!!!, 2008-07-06
Forget what party you may be supporting. Forget a lot of things you have been told about how our economy works. Read this book and you will begin to understand things that we have been kept in the dark and lied to for decades by both parties.
First of all this is a pretty good story. Secondly, in delivering the story, the author is trying to shake us awake as to what is happening to us and the result is far from pleasant.
In fact, the protagonists in the story have a sense of futility as to awakening enough of us to what has been done to our economy that seems difficult to oversome.
I was asked to review this novel by the author. I did and I am not sure I was not happier living in ignorance. However, it is better to understand one's life and situation and if you agree with that premise, then please, pick up this book and be prepared to be very, very worried about our econoomy and our future.
The "barbarous relic" referred to in the title is the gold standard which at one time in our history tied the value of our currency to that precious metal. If that sounds arcane or old fashioned, I challenge you to read this book and ever feel sanguine again about your economic status in this country, especially if you feel really, really comfortable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
How the World Works in a Suspense Thriller, 2008-06-21
George Ford Smith does an excellent job of distilling the essence of an Austrian School analysis of status quo economics into 277 pages of page-turning suspense. If you're like me, and you read a lot of fiction and history, but can't make it through even the most accessible book on economics (even though you know it's an important subject) without your eyes glazing over, then this book is for you.
Smith provides a trenchant survey of the history of money and banking in America, and then gets to the heart of what ails us at the outset of the Third Milennium. As the plot unfolds in his nifty little thriller, his characters manage to find opportunities to expound on how it all went wrong with the Business of America, when we got off track, who was responsible, and how we can get back to the garden, as it were. Do I need to mention that the prescription is as good as gold?
As if that weren't enough, Smith excoriates our two-party farce, and why they are wedded to this sad state of affairs called the Federal Reserve System. And the ends the powers-that-be will go to in order to retain their power. A chilling subplot envisions how the Internet could end up being emasculated and bowdlerized to the point where it would be as original and informative as the CBS Evening News.
And you would be well-advised to look into the books on the short reading list at the end of Barbarous Relic. If those tomes are a little too daunting, look up some of the more accessible essays by the same authors (Rothbard, Mises, etc). To read these giants is to immediately recognise that you are in the company of common sense. And these are the ideas George Ford Smith is trafficking in Flight of the Barbarous Relic.
But none of this is meant to dissuade anyone who is looking for a cracking good tale to occupy a few happy hours. Barbarous Relic is filled with a plethora of interesting characters, good and bad, and once I started it, I couldn't put it down.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
great book!, 2008-05-31
this book was excellent on two levels. It carried an interesting and quick-paced story line with easily absorbed facts relating to the federal reserve system and our current economic atmosphere. I found it hard to put down!! Let's see a sequel!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Great Story Line of Interest to Teens, 2008-05-28
This would be a great way to help your young teenager to understand the implications the Federal Reserve will have on them when they get older. An educated public will formulate educated policies. You never know if your child might become the next President! This is a great way to help them "get informed".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
READ THIS BOOK AND FIND OUT WHY THE FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE IN YOUR POCKET REALLY ISN'T LEGAL TENDER UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, 2008-05-27
If you find yourself unable to crack a text book or history book to learn about the underpinnings of your entire financial existence and place in the pecking order but are ready to be enlightened, this book is a great start. As a novel, the fact that there is a story line will help to keep you turning pages. Parents should give this to highschoolers to read as well to help them learn how to navigate our bogus economy and give them a head start in the real world.
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