I BELIEVE IT WAS THE EMPEROR IN DUNE WHO SAID, “CONTROL THE COURTS AND THE COINAGE, LET THE RABBLE HAVE THE REST.” Flashback: The Court and the Fed: Our Own Aristocratic Element.
UPDATE: Jim Bennett emails: “That’s why Andrew Jackson struck down the Second Bank of the United States. He understood the principle quite well.” Yep.
Related: Our Woke Fed (Updated).