Money: Ye shall have honest weights and measures

by James E. Ewart

Book by Ewart, James E. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966357000
• ISBN13: 9780966357004
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Principia Pub
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Keep this book in publication- whatever it takes

Having spent the past two years learning everything I could about the workings of the Federal Reserve and fiat currencies I was pleased to be introduced to Ewarts excellent book on money. It is a first class book in all respects, content, format, quality of paper, photos and binding. I have three sons in their 20's and I am giving them each a copy, that is how important the information in Money is! There is a growing awareness of the abuse of our money system, our Constitution and our government. Books that would complement what you learn in Money include, Cracking the Code, Creature from Jeckyl Island, The Grunch of giants, and The Peoples History of the United States. Also do some research on filing a UCC-1 in a step to owning your freedom.

A Perfect Graduation Gift

This would be a perfect graduation gift for a high school student. Give him or her a dose of vital truth before subjecting them to economic B.S. on the university level. If only I could have read this book 20 years ago. James Ewart does a magnificent job exposing how the banking system operates and how ongoing unconstitutional expansion of the money supply waters down the value of our wallet and checkbook money. When you are the victim of a continuing con-game, the sting is not comprehended, the propaganda has been effective and the billionaires make out like bandits. Now you have the key to the magic trick in "Money" and all economics becomes very simple, only the slight of hand and propaganda was the source of confusion. So, if you are of a state of mind which could not contemplate the possibility of criminals running the United States, then this book isn't for you, stick with looser job and Sunday football and boring spouse, and ride ol' nellie down; on the otherhand, if you have been curious, or sensed something was wrong, but couldn't put your finger on it, JUST WHY SHOULD ALAN GREENSPAN BE ALLOWED TO MANIPULATE YOUR MONEY ANYWAY? DOES LIBERTY AND FREE ENTERPRIZE MEAN ANYTHING? , then this book is for you, It rates a 5 star, and every patriotic American should have a copy nearby.

The Classic work on money

Jim Ewart has produced a classic work entitled Money. More than simply a fine 'coffee table' exposition on our understanding of the nine most important monetary terms (money, currency, dollar, pay, note, bill, tender,usury, and inflation), it is THE premiere showcase work on the pictorial history of money. This expensively designed and printed book is the first to show all of the original American forms of coinage and paper currency in full color plates. They are gorgeous. Ewart walks you through all the fascinating fine print on each bill showing how government has slowly changed the fiduciary relationship between citizen and currency -- to the citizen's detriment. While I think Ewart sometimes makes too much out of the nuances of etymology (tracking the root meaning of words), when you get through his conversational explanations on money, banking and credit,you'll be an expert on the terminology of money and much better equipped to see through the deceptive fine print still in use in many of today's bank loan documents. Again, this is a showcase-quality hardback book printed on glossy paper -- a treasure house of color reproductions. It's priced none too high for the value, in my opinion.Joel Skousen, editor World Affairs Brief

Money is misunderstood and important: Here is your answer.

MONEY: You shall have honest weights and measures, by James Ewart."Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes its laws". This quote is attributed the first great merchant banker Meyer Amschel Rothschild. We take the currency in our wallet for granted. However, the control of money is the most subtle and important of all the issues which govern human affairs. One of the results is that if foul play is planned It needs to be covered up. Most teaching at universities in economics is part of this cover up. The history of money can be found in this book. In the wonderful new the style of modern publishing this book is also user-friendly. Though you will find all the correct information between its covers it is wonderfully illustrated with photographs of money never before released. The history of coin and paper currency emerges from its pages almost live. You end up, however, with a true understanding of the horror which is central banking. The book is so attractive that every intellectual will want to have it on his coffee table for a decoration and when the time is right for a serious discussion.

Thar's Gold in Them Thar Coffeetables!

Ewart spends the first chapters of Money dissecting the 'verbicide' of the words "money," "pay," "tender," "bill," "usury," and "inflation," among others, showing how their misuse by politicians, propagandists, and the press has led to large-scale fraud, waste, and abuse the world over, for more than two millennia.Throughout the text, Mr. Ewart traces the etymologies of these and other terms, whose meanings are corrupted in popular discourse, and shows that positions that were self-evident and considered prudent by the great majority only a few decades ago now tag their holders as fringe radicals.Pretty heady stuff for what appears to be just another glossy, large-format coffeetable book at first glance. But, open those covers and begin to read, and you find yourself infected by Mr. Ewart's passion, indignation, and zeal.One of the more noteworthy aspects of Money is the forty-eight pages of full-color reproductions of US paper currency and coins. Before Mr. Ewart was allowed to publish these photographs legally, he had to receive permission from the US Treasury, and was required to destroy all negatives.Reading the notices that have been printed on paper currency in the USA over the past two centuries, and especially since creation of the Federal Reserve System, one sees clearly what Mr. Ewart finds so disturbing 1880-- This certifies that there have been deposited with the Treasurer of the U.S. at Washington, D.C., payable at his office to the bearer on demand one thousand silver dollars. 1918-- Secured by United States Certificates of Indebtedness or one-year gold notes, deposited with the Treasurer of the United States of America, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, California, will pay to the bearer on demand one dollar. 1922-- This certifies that there have been deposited in the Treasury of the United States of America fifty dollars in gold coin payable to the bearer on demand. 1928-- This note is a legal tender at its face value for all debts public and private. The United States of America will pay to the bearer on demand two dollars. 1934-- This note is legal tender for all debts public and private, and is redeemable in lawful money at the United States Treasury, or at any Federal Reserve Bank. 1963-- This note is legal tender for all debts public and private. Two shortcomings of Money are its focus on the USA, and the lack of an in-depth explanation in of how the Federal Reserve system creates new circulating currency. The title of the book suggests a general theme, and the issues described plague nations the world over. Comparisons and contrasts with at least England, Germany, and Japan would have been very informative.Also, in light of the overall tone, it would have lent even more credibility to Mr. Ewart's thesis, if he had provided, among his numerous appendices, schematic balance sheets showing how new US dollars are called into existence. It is one thing for the reader to accept that t