The text analyzes the role of financial power in history, in particular its influence on political power from ancient Greece and Rome to the modern period. The author argues that banking power, through the creation and manipulation of money, has always played a fundamental role in the management and control of states, influencing the course of history and leading to the fall of empires and civilizations. The author highlights the use of economic policies such as liberalism and welfarism to maintain banking hegemony, and how the creation of public debt systems made governments dependent on bankers.
