Articles by Devon Douglas-Bowers, Occupy
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A Bank to Rule Them All: Exposing the Bank for International Settlements (Part I)
Devon Douglas-Bowers, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an organization shrouded in mystery. This may be due mainly to the fact that the majority of people don’t even know of its existence. According to the BIS itself, the main purpose of the Bank is “to promote the cooperation of central banks and to provide additional facilities for international financial operations.”
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Devon Douglas-Bowers, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
The idea for an international bank had already been explored to some extent by people like the economist John Maynard Keynes. But the idea for the bank truly took off during the Young Conference in 1929, when the Allies were attempting to exact Germany’s reparations debts for WWI.
→ read full articleA Bank to Rule Them All: Exposing the Bank for International Settlements (Part III)
Devon Douglas-Bowers, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
In the current age of austerity, the question remains: how much devastation will result from the influence wielded by the BIS and the decisions that it made?
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