The Age of False Profits: Keynes, Kissenger, and the Federal Reserve (1913-2025)

John Maynard Keynes The Federal Reserve established in 1913 Henry Kissenger “ What profit is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” Mark 8:36 Historians will likely classify the period from 1913 to 2025 as the era of global financialization, imperial overreach, and technocratic dominance. Framing this period with John Maynard Keynes, the Federal Reserve, and Henry Kissinger—captures three pillars of this era: The Federal Reserve and Financialization (1913–2025) – The shift from commodity money (gold and silver) to fiat currency created an era of unprecedented economic expansion (according to a false measurement of the economy promoted by John Maynard Keynes called GNP), booms and busts, debt slavery, and wealth concentration. The 20th century was defined by the illusion that debt could replace real productivity, leading to a house-of-cards financial system. The eventual collapse of the gold standard in 1971 under Nixon was an inflection point ...