The Federal Reserve's Grand Scheme Exposed (In 1 Simple Chart) by Tyler Durden Jul 10, 2016 9:50 PM http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-10/federal-reserves-grand-scheme-exposed-1-simple-chart For 138 years, consumer prices in America slightly declined. After The Federal Reserve was created, things changed... The 'scheme' exposed... www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2016/07/07/20160710_fed.jpg Source: www.VisualizingEconomics.com But, not satisfied with that shift, in 1971, Nixon unhooked American economics from any rationality, because - as we detailed previously - 'The 1%' hate the Gold Standard... between 1930 and 1970, it was only the "bottom 90%" that saw their incomes rise, as can be seen on the next chart. www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2015/02/gold%20standard%20inequality.jpg In other words, the ascent of the non-1% peaked when the Deep State forced Nixon to depart from the gold standard's constraint on largesse. Which should also clarify just why to the "1%", including their protectors in the "developed market" central banking system, their tenured economist lackeys, their purchased politicians and their captured media outlets, the topic of a return to a gold standard is the biggest threat conceivable.