As one who has devoted a life-time to engaging in scholarly works on behalf of an honest monetary system — one based on gold — it is with great enthusiasm and pleasure that I recommend The Gold Wars by my good friend Ferdinand Lips. After a lifetime as a Swiss Banker — and also a Swiss patriot who can trace his family lineage back to the 13th century, there is no one who is better qualified to tell the story about how the financial elite has literally swindled the entire world. For your own protection, I urge you to read this book.