{"id":28401,"date":"2024-08-12T13:33:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=28401"},"modified":"2024-08-12T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T13:34:10","slug":"st-louis-fed-blames-people-for-banks-failings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/st-louis-fed-blames-people-for-banks-failings\/","title":{"rendered":"St Louis Fed Blames people for Banks\u2019 Failings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact\/status\/1822974725049434388?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 214, 221); border-radius: 12px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bm4LcJTr_normal.jpg\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bm4LcJTr_normal.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" alt=\"spacer.png\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(41, 44, 47); text-decoration: none;\">Lyn Alden<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(126, 140, 152);\">\u2066\u202a@LynAldenContact\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" alt=\"logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" alt=\"spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(41, 44, 47); font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;\">I like how this St Louis Fed post blames people for banks\u2019 failings.<\/p>\n<p>Flip it around. Banks irresponsibly created way more claims for gold than they had gold, kept defaulting, and lost trust. So the government made gold illegal to own for like 40 years.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TOf6x6fZp\">stlouisfed.org\/open-vault\/201\u2026<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFpNKDkeQd\">pic.x.com\/hfpnkdkeqd<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact\/status\/1822974725049434388?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(102, 119, 133); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;\">8\/12\/24, 7:33\u202fAM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I like how this St Louis Fed post blames people for banks\u2019 failings. &nbsp;Flip it around. Banks irresponsibly created way more claims for gold than they had gold, kept defaulting, and lost trust. So the government made gold illegal to own for like 40 years<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image4-4-rotated.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<p>There was no \u201cshortage\u201d of gold in the Great Depression. There was an excessive amount of fraudulent promises for gold, made by commercial banks and central banks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image0-8.jpeg\"><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WordPress\u2019d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image2.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image2-1.png\"><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact\/status\/1822974733115162671?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px;\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1521181379677073414\/bm4LcJTr_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width:8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none;\">Lyn Alden<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98;\">\u2066\u202a@LynAldenContact\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;\">There was no \u201cshortage\u201d of gold in the Great Depression. There was an excessive amount of fraudulent promises for gold, made by commercial banks and central banks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAYiaFn0L9\"><span>pic.x.com\/rayiafn0l9<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lynaldencontact\/status\/1822974733115162671?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration:none;\">8\/12\/24, 7:33\u202fAM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image1-7.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WordPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" dir=\"ltr\" x-apple-data-detectors=\"true\" x-apple-data-detectors-type=\"telephone\" x-apple-data-detectors-result=\"1\">650-283-8008<\/a>, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image3-5-rotated.jpeg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Lyn Alden \u2066\u202a@LynAldenContact\u202c\u2069 I like how this St Louis Fed post blames people for banks\u2019 failings. Flip it around. Banks irresponsibly created way more claims for gold than they had gold, kept defaulting, and lost trust. So the government made gold illegal to own for like 40 years.stlouisfed.org\/open-vault\/201\u2026&nbsp;pic.x.com\/hfpnkdkeqd &nbsp; 8\/12\/24, 7:33\u202fAM &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}