Charlie mentioned the Rockefeller Foundation, and something to add to his notes is that it funded Jewish economist, Ludwig von Mises, who is one of the foremost figures of the Austrian School of Economics, which is touted as real challenge to the banksters, but actually serves as controlled opposition.
If Mises' views were such a threat to the banksters and the Rockefellers, why would they fund him? The excuse that Austrian apologist, Tom Woods, gives, is that it was part of funding that was given to other academics who were fleeing the Nazis and it was only for a limited time, but the obvious question is why would the Rockefeller Fund fund Mises if he was any threat whatsoever to them? Partial or real reformers can at best only get on internet radio stations or write for blogs.
Then, when you look into the ideas of the Austrian School, it's all about tearing down national borders through the elimination of tariffs and sensible government regulation, and instituting a one-world currency, which is supposed to be a voluntary free market gold standard (despite the banks owning most of the world's gold bullion).
Also, in his memoirs, David Rockefeller spoke fondly of his times as a student of Austrian economist and Nobel Prize Winner Friedrich Hayek.
Here's a revealing quote by an Austrian school supporter, and senior fellow at the Mises Institute, Jörg Guido Hülsmann (emphasis mine):
“Mises’ long-standing and close association with the Rockefeller Foundation proved to be beneficial once again. He himself had been very active in helping colleagues from Germany find new jobs abroad after Hitler rose to power in January 1933, and at least some of these new positions were likely financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. It was natural therefore that he himself receive support once the political situation in Austria became untenable for him. This was certainly the case after the violence of February 1934 and its aftermath. While it would be an exaggeration to say that Mises was on the payroll of the Rockefeller Foundation (this was effectively precluded both by Rappard’s insistence that funds be received with no strings attached and by the co-financing of the Institute from Swiss sources) the fact remains that during the Geneva years Mises’ salary was paid to a large extent out of Rockefeller money, and so things would remain for the next decade.”
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Charlie mentioned the Rockefeller Foundation, and something to add to his notes is that it funded Jewish economist, Ludwig von Mises, who is one of the foremost figures of the Austrian School of Economics, which is touted as real challenge to the banksters, but actually serves as controlled opposition.
If Mises' views were such a threat to the banksters and the Rockefellers, why would they fund him? The excuse that Austrian apologist, Tom Woods, gives, is that it was part of funding that was given to other academics who were fleeing the Nazis and it was only for a limited time, but the obvious question is why would the Rockefeller Fund fund Mises if he was any threat whatsoever to them? Partial or real reformers can at best only get on internet radio stations or write for blogs.
Then, when you look into the ideas of the Austrian School, it's all about tearing down national borders through the elimination of tariffs and sensible government regulation, and instituting a one-world currency, which is supposed to be a voluntary free market gold standard (despite the banks owning most of the world's gold bullion).
Also, in his memoirs, David Rockefeller spoke fondly of his times as a student of Austrian economist and Nobel Prize Winner Friedrich Hayek.
Here's a revealing quote by an Austrian school supporter, and senior fellow at the Mises Institute, Jörg Guido Hülsmann (emphasis mine):
“Mises’ long-standing and close association with the Rockefeller Foundation proved to be beneficial once again. He himself had been very active in helping colleagues from Germany find new jobs abroad after Hitler rose to power in January 1933, and at least some of these new positions were likely financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. It was natural therefore that he himself receive support once the political situation in Austria became untenable for him. This was certainly the case after the violence of February 1934 and its aftermath. While it would be an exaggeration to say that Mises was on the payroll of the Rockefeller Foundation (this was effectively precluded both by Rappard’s insistence that funds be received with no strings attached and by the co-financing of the Institute from Swiss sources) the fact remains that during the Geneva years Mises’ salary was paid to a large extent out of Rockefeller money, and so things would remain for the next decade.”
https://books.google.ca/books?id=it9c6z4bw_8C&pg=PA689&lpg=PA689&dq=rockefeller+foundation+mises&source=bl&ots=w5uPd4FWBf&sig=QML-DQTwx0rf0WHjgVCgBIrn1Io&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VCIsVf2xL_WHsQSakYGIBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rockefeller%20foundation%20mises&f=false
And lest one may say the Rockefeller funding was a flash in the pan for the Austrian School, see this and this.
http://fauxcapitalist.com/2013/12/27/austrian-economics-is-big-business-the-mises-institutes-22-million-war-chest/
https://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/how-the-money-power-created-libertarianism-and-austrian-economics/
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