In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.
Thus the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression...
Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems it could well...
Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.