{"id":6790,"date":"2009-12-20T23:59:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T04:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2016-09-20T05:46:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:46:56","slug":"tdi-podcast-140-bernanke-and-the-fed-control-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/tdi-podcast-140-bernanke-and-the-fed-control-america\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast 140: Bernanke and The Fed Control America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Ed Griffin, Author and Andrew discuss the history of the Federal Reserve and how it actually controls America. We also explore how it works and the problems that it causes. Andrew also goes over a few investing ideas, the economics of a double dip and a few other tidbits of interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"#podcast\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@<\/span> <a title=\"Zune Subscribe\" href=\"zune:\/\/subscribe\/?The%20Disciplined%20Investor=http:\/\/feeds.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/tdicasts\" target=\"_blank\">ZUNE<\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> @<\/span> <a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days!<br \/>\nFor this special offer, visit <a title=\"GoToMyPC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotomypc.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">www.gotomypc.com\/podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2814\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"griffin-ed-2002-05-12-close-cropped-small\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/griffin-ed-2002-05-12-close-cropped-small.jpg\" alt=\"griffin-ed-2002-05-12-close-cropped-small\" width=\"108\" height=\"155\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/realityzone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>G. Edward Griffin<\/strong><\/a> is a writer and documentary film producer with many successful titles to his credit. Listed in Who\u2018s Who in America, he is well known because of his <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/itunes_subscribe-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>talent for researching difficult topics and presenting them in clear terms that all can understand. He has dealt with such diverse subjects as archaeology and ancient Earth history, the Federal Reserve System, terrorism, internal subversion, the history of taxation, U.S. foreign policy, the science and politics of cancer therapy, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations. His better-known works include <em>The Creature from Jekyll Island<\/em>, <em> World without Cancer<\/em>,  and <em>The Fearful Master<\/em>.  Mr. Griffin is Founder and President of <a href=\"http:\/\/realityzone.com\/\">American Media<\/a>,  The Cancer Cure Foundation,  and Freedom Force International.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get your copy of <em>The Creature from Jekyll Island <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realityzone.com\/creature.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stocks Discussed in this episode: <\/strong>Potash (POT), CitiGroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles and sites referenced:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dhunpligged.com\" target=\"_blank\">DHUnplugged.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/18\/potash-pot-crashing-down-from-its-high-short-idea\/\">Potash (POT)  Crashing Down From Its High (SHORT IDEA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ladies and Gentlemen  Inflation Is In The House!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/15\/ladies-and-gentlemen-inflation-is-in-the-house\/\">Ladies and Gentlemen  Inflation Is In The House!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/winninginvestor.quickanddirtytips.com\/\">The Winning Investor Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the 14-minute virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TDIMG-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Disclosure: <a title=\"Horowitz &amp; Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horowitzandcompany.com\">Horowitz &amp; Company<\/a> clients may hold positions of securities mentioned as of the date published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"podcast\" name=\"podcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_208\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode140.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('208','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode140.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode140.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=6790-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode140.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode140.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 53:31 &#8212; 28.5MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Ed Griffin, Author and Andrew discuss the history of the Federal Reserve and how it actually controls America. We also explore how it works and the problems that it causes. Andrew also goes over a few investing ideas, the economics of a double dip and a few other tidbits of interest. 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