The Public Bank Solution

I've been a fan of Ellen Brown for years - she explains complicated things very simply, and this power-point presentation is no different. Here she explains *exactly* what's wrong with our money supply:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8P7tnC4w0s

NB Her answer to a question @ 1h18m about the gold standard is *illuminating* - she mentions 1971, Nixon, Kissinger, the petro-dollar, OPEC, the nine-day war (ahem) and the price of oil. The rest, as they say, is history. 

Here's Part II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gliik0ve8eg&feature=emb_title

Here's her blog:

https://ellenbrown.com/2020/01/17/two-power-points-a-deep-dive-into-money-and-banking-and-funding-the-green-transition-with-public-banks/

Also, very relevant to what she admits at 1h18m above:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War

Oh no, there's no global conspiracy...