Podcasts about Mount Washington Hotel

Ghost Stories featured in this episode:1. Christie from Los Angeles – Recalls a strange daytime encounter with a mysterious smear-like apparition during a paranormal event at the haunted Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire.2. Jessica from San Antonio, TX – Shares her family's terrifying experience with multiple spirits—including protective male presences and one malevolent female—in a haunted home.3. Reid from Colorado – Describes a disturbing solo Ouija board session that unleashed a shadow person and unexplained activity throughout his home.4. Nicole from Phoenix – Remembers a chilling childhood moment when a disembodied voice whispered “I see you” while she lay in bed, later confirmed to be part of the home's haunted history.5. Cindy Ketron from Avon, IN – "The spider with the human face" Tells the story of her father's rental home haunted by the spirit of a murderer—and a ghostly human-faced spider that crawled into his dreams. Whether you're a believer or a skeptic, these ghost stories are sure to unsettle something deep inside. Tune in to hear firsthand accounts of paranormal encounters and the ghost stories that haunt people long after the lights come back on. 

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New England is filled with ghost stories, and today, we're diving into three of its most chilling. From the eerie ruins of Madame Sherri's Castle to the restless spirits of Blood Cemetery and the haunted halls of the Mount Washington Hotel, these locations are steeped in mystery and legend. What lingers in the shadows? Let's find out. YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@hauntedchris TikTok- @chris_hah LEAVE A VOICEMAIL - 609-891-8658 The Nightmare Collective SUBSCRIBE!! Available on all podcast platforms! Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-collective/id1707943952 Spotify https://spotify.link/IPUVpAyWcDb Zoning Out- https://open.spotify.com/show/3ZLb8oK5uxgK64GL7vUHwK Draft Class- https://open.spotify.com/show/3BEobZXMT1kiPbffV0VT3F Twitter- @Haunted_A_H Instagram- haunted_american_history email- hauntedamericanhistory@gmail.com Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory Music License provided by Pond5 Nightmare Machine by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4133-nightmare-machine License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3680-drone-in-d Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From this week's Moneyweek Magazine …Two rumours have been swirling around the gold markets for many years. Some have called them conspiracy theories. Others note that conspiracy theories often prove true. What's the difference between conspiracy and truth? About 30 years.The first is that China has far more gold than it says it does. We actually now know this to be true. The other is that America has far less than the 8,133 tonnes of gold it says it possesses.This rumour has been doing the rounds since 1971, when Peter Beter, a lawyer and financial adviser to former president John F. Kennedy, said he had been informed that gold in Fort Knox had been removed. He went on to write a best-selling book about it: The Conspiracy Against the Dollar.The problem is a total lack of transparency on the part of the US authorities, something that according to current US president Donald Trump, and the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, will not be the case for much longer.Roosevelt triggers a boomBut to understand this situation we need to go back in time, all the way to 1933, when US president Franklin D. Roosevelt famously devalued the US dollar and revalued gold upwards by 70%, from $20 an ounce (oz) to $35/oz, in order to bolster growth. US gold reserves would increase to unprecedented levels in the next 15 years.Some of the gold came from US citizens. It was now illegal for them to own gold and they had to hand any they owned over to the authorities. Some came from the fact that the government then bought all US mined supply (the upwards revaluation of gold triggered a mining boom) and any gold imported to the US assay office. The US even began buying gold on foreign markets to protect the new higher price.Thus US official holdings in 1939 on the eve of World War II totalled 15,679 tonnes. They would only increase. With Nazi invasions, European nations sent all the gold they could across the Atlantic, either for safekeeping or to buy essential supplies; 1949 saw the high watermark of US gold holdings – 22,000 tonnes, as much as half of all the gold ever mined.In July 1944, with it clear that the Allies were going to win the war, representatives from the 44 Allied nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference to design a new system of money for the new world order.International accounts would be settled in dollars, and those dollars were convertible to gold at $35/oz. Countries had to maintain exchange rates within 1% of the US dollar. In effect, the US was on a gold standard, and the rest of the world was on a dollar standard.The system relied on the integrity of the US dollar to work, and that integrity was in question, even before the end of the war. The June 1945 Federal Reserve Act reduced required gold reserves for notes outstanding from 40% to 25%, and against deposits from 35% to 25%. Between 1944 and 1954, because of increased supply, the dollar lost a third of its purchasing power, though the $35 Bretton Woods price remained.“Six major European countries,along with the UK, co-ordinated sales to suppress the gold price”US government spending was soaring, and it began running balance of payments deficits – made worse by the costs of foreign aid, America's new welfare systems and maintaining a military presence in Europe and Asia. Gold began leaving the US. By 1965 reserves had fallen by 9,500 tonnes, down 40% from the 1949 peak.Successive US administrations tried to stop the outflow, without success. Dwight D. Eisenhower banned Americans from buying gold overseas, Kennedy imposed the “equalisation tax” on foreign investments, and Lyndon B. Johnson discouraged Americans from travelling altogether. “We may need to forgo the pleasures of Europe for a while,” he said.Fears that the dollar would devalue following the election (won by Kennedy) sent the gold price in London to $40/oz. The Bank of England, in collusion with the Federal Reserve, began increasing gold sales to keep the price down.Thus did the London gold pool begin, with the addition of six major European nations the following year (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, West Germany, Italy and Switzerland), which co-ordinated sales to suppress, or “stabilise”, to use their word, the gold price and defuse unwanted, upward market pressure.But the pool struggled against growing demand. In 1965, an ounce of gold was still $35, but the purchasing power of the dollar had decreased by 57% from 1945, while gold reserves had also fallen sharply. The culprit was the costs of the US government, in particular the Vietnam War and president Johnson's enormous welfare spending.If you are buying gold to protect yourself in these uncertain times - and you should if you do not already own some - as always I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.Bretton Woods under pressureWith inflation rising at home and international confidence in the dollar waning, these programmes were not just costly – they undermined Bretton Woods. Non-American nations felt aggrieved that they had to produce $100 worth of goods and services to get a $100 bill, when the US could just print one. French finance minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing called it “America's exorbitant privilege”.President de Gaulle, meanwhile, had had enough. He ignored the pool to turn all French dollars and sterling balances into gold. The French even sent battleships to New York to collect their gold. De Gaulle became the target of several assassination attempts – coincidence, I'm sure. There were rather more US dollars in the world than there was gold to back them, he felt, and he was right.By 1967, US foreign liabilities were $36bn, but it only had $12bn in gold reserves – a third of what was needed to back the dollar. West Germany, Spain and Switzerland began demanding gold for their dollars. Even the British, with sterling going through one of its quadrennial collapses, asked the Americans to prepare $3bn worth of Fort Knox gold for withdrawal. Private gold demand was overwhelming.“The floor of the Bank of England's weighing room collapsed under the weight of all the bullion”In November 1967, the British government devalued the pound by 14%, from $2.80 to $2.40, in order to “achieve a substantial surplus on the balance of payments consistent with economic growth and full employment”.In that month, the London market saw greater bullion demand than it would typically see in nine: as much as 100 tonnes per day. To stem demand they banned forward buying, leverage and the purchase of gold with credit. The pool still lost 1,400 tonnes that year, more than a whole year's mined supply.Selling pressure on the US dollar only increased when the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam launched the first of a series of surprise attacks on US armed forces in South Vietnam in January 1968.Desperate to prop up the system, US military aircraft flew tonne after tonne of gold to RAF Lakenheath from where it was trucked in military convoys to the back entrance of the Bank of England: at one point the floor of the Bank of England's weighing room collapsed under the weight of all the gold.You really should subscribe to this amazing publication.Shoring up the systemIn the four days between 11 March and 14 March 1968, some 780 tonnes were sold to market. The effort to protect the price was deemed hopeless. On 15 March, UK chancellor Roy Jenkins declared a bank holiday, and the gold market was closed for a fortnight, “at the request of the United States”.Zurich also closed. Paris stayed open with gold trading at a 25% premium. All in all, the final 15 months saw over 3,000 tonnes sold to market to protect that $35 price. The pool had lost more than an eighth of its reserves.Two days later, in the rushed-through Washington Agreement, governors of the central banks in the gold pool declared there would be one fixed gold marketfor official government transactions at $35/oz and another, free-market, price for private transactions. Not for the last time, central bankers were living in a world of their own.Gold is one thing. Gold standards are another. They tend not to last, particularly bogus ones such as this one, under which citizens themselves did not handle gold. Keynes called them barbarous – ironic, perhaps, given that he was one of the architects of this one.In August 1971, president Nixon took the US off the gold standard, a “temporary” measure that remains more than 50 years later. For the first time in history, gold – Switzerland aside – played no part in the global monetary system.Of course it was the fault of the speculators. It always is. “I have directed the secretary of the Treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators,” Nixon said, deflecting responsibility, and “to suspend temporarily the convertibility of the dollar into gold”.High time for a US gold auditThe US keeps its gold in four places: at Fort Knox, Kentucky (roughly 56% of its 8,133 tonnes); at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (8%); and the remaining 36% at the mints in Denver and West Point. There has not been a proper public audit of this gold since 1953. There have been internal audits, especially between 1974 and 1986, but these were not transparent.There are many people, among them gold experts, who do not believe the gold is there. The US spent it trying to suppress the gold price in the 1960s, theysay. But in this new age of American transparency, both Trump and Musk have repeatedly pledged that this gold will be audited.There is talk of it being done on a livestream. Trump has even suggested the gold has been stolen. “We're actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is there,” he said, “because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tonnes of gold.”They've been making such light of it, one has to assume they know the gold is there. Musk was laughing about the conspiracies on podcasts, and he even posted a picture of a Fort Knox starter kit: a brick and some gold spray. I can't see how they would be joking if there were any serious doubts.Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, has said quite categorically that the gold is there. The last audit was in September 2024, he said in a recent Bloomberg interview, before looking down the camera and assuring the US people that “all the gold is present and accounted for”. But this would only have been an internal audit, and it would not have been a full audit.According to the US Mint, “the only gold removed has been very small quantities used to test the purity of gold during regularly scheduled audits”. No other gold has been transferred to or from the depository “for many years”. How long is many years, though? As far back as the 1960s?It's quite astonishing just how secretive the whole thing is. They opened the vaults for a congressional delegation and certain members of the press to view the gold in 1974. There were rumours swirling about then too. “We've never done this before and we'll probably never do it again,” said the then director of the US Mint Mary Brooks.“The gold commonly confiscated under Roosevelt contained some copper, and is not pure enough for sale”Then in 2017, during Trump's first administration, Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell were invited to view the gold. “The gold was there,” Mnuchin said. He is “sure” nobody's moved it. There are “serious security protocols in place”. But there are more than 4,000 tonnes in Fort Knox. A tonne would be about the size of a medium to large suitcase. Did he see all 4,000 of them?The other big issue is the purity of the gold. What is there might not all be of good delivery quality, meaning it would not be readily accepted in international bullion markets. If much of the gold is the bullion Roosevelt confiscated in the 1930s, it will be in the form of “coinmelt”: melted down coins.The commonly confiscated coins, such as the $20 double eagle, were only 90% pure and mixed with copper to make them harder. When melted down, they were not always properly refined to modern standards, while the bars they were melted into weighed 320-330 ounces, not the 400 oz bars of good delivery standard today. In practice, this means Fort Knox gold would not be accepted without additional processing.But, until a proper audit takes place, this is all speculation, albeit reasoned speculation. We don't know the full facts. The reasons given for not conducting a full audit are flimsy: we don't need to, it would be too much of an undertaking. Please!If the US gold turns out not to be there, then the gold price goes up – potentially a lot. If it is there, it's business as usual.For now, I'd say the markets are behaving as though it is business as usual. They are climbing, and every dip is being bought, largely, it seems, by central banks (especially in Asia), who are diversifying their holdings and de-dollarising. But this audit cannot come quickly enough.Large volumes of physical gold - over 1,000 tonnes by some counts - have recently been transferred from London to New York. One theory is that was the gold was transferred in anticipation of tariffs. Another is that it was the US buying ahead of its audit. We will soon find out.Finally, I would just like to debunk one theory doing the rounds. US gold is currently marked to market at $42/oz. After the audit, those 8,133 tonnes – assuming they are there and of good delivery quality – could be marked to market at current prices, meaning a significant uplift in the value of holdings.The theory doing the rounds is that Treasury ecretary Bessent will use some of the upwards revaluation to monetise the balance sheet – not unlike how Roosevelt did in 1933 – to create funds for, among other things, the strategic bitcoin reserve. But Bessent has quite clearly stated that is not his intention.This article first appeared in Moneyweek Magazine. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

From this week's Moneyweek Magazine …Two rumours have been swirling around the gold markets for many years. Some have called them conspiracy theories. Others note that conspiracy theories often prove true. What's the difference between conspiracy and truth? About 30 years.The first is that China has far more gold than it says it does. We actually now know this to be true. The other is that America has far less than the 8,133 tonnes of gold it says it possesses.This rumour has been doing the rounds since 1971, when Peter Beter, a lawyer and financial adviser to former president John F. Kennedy, said he had been informed that gold in Fort Knox had been removed. He went on to write a best-selling book about it: The Conspiracy Against the Dollar.The problem is a total lack of transparency on the part of the US authorities, something that according to current US president Donald Trump, and the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, will not be the case for much longer.Roosevelt triggers a boomBut to understand this situation we need to go back in time, all the way to 1933, when US president Franklin D. Roosevelt famously devalued the US dollar and revalued gold upwards by 70%, from $20 an ounce (oz) to $35/oz, in order to bolster growth. US gold reserves would increase to unprecedented levels in the next 15 years.Some of the gold came from US citizens. It was now illegal for them to own gold and they had to hand any they owned over to the authorities. Some came from the fact that the government then bought all US mined supply (the upwards revaluation of gold triggered a mining boom) and any gold imported to the US assay office. The US even began buying gold on foreign markets to protect the new higher price.Thus US official holdings in 1939 on the eve of World War II totalled 15,679 tonnes. They would only increase. With Nazi invasions, European nations sent all the gold they could across the Atlantic, either for safekeeping or to buy essential supplies; 1949 saw the high watermark of US gold holdings – 22,000 tonnes, as much as half of all the gold ever mined.In July 1944, with it clear that the Allies were going to win the war, representatives from the 44 Allied nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference to design a new system of money for the new world order.International accounts would be settled in dollars, and those dollars were convertible to gold at $35/oz. Countries had to maintain exchange rates within 1% of the US dollar. In effect, the US was on a gold standard, and the rest of the world was on a dollar standard.The system relied on the integrity of the US dollar to work, and that integrity was in question, even before the end of the war. The June 1945 Federal Reserve Act reduced required gold reserves for notes outstanding from 40% to 25%, and against deposits from 35% to 25%. Between 1944 and 1954, because of increased supply, the dollar lost a third of its purchasing power, though the $35 Bretton Woods price remained.“Six major European countries,along with the UK, co-ordinated sales to suppress the gold price”US government spending was soaring, and it began running balance of payments deficits – made worse by the costs of foreign aid, America's new welfare systems and maintaining a military presence in Europe and Asia. Gold began leaving the US. By 1965 reserves had fallen by 9,500 tonnes, down 40% from the 1949 peak.Successive US administrations tried to stop the outflow, without success. Dwight D. Eisenhower banned Americans from buying gold overseas, Kennedy imposed the “equalisation tax” on foreign investments, and Lyndon B. Johnson discouraged Americans from travelling altogether. “We may need to forgo the pleasures of Europe for a while,” he said.Fears that the dollar would devalue following the election (won by Kennedy) sent the gold price in London to $40/oz. The Bank of England, in collusion with the Federal Reserve, began increasing gold sales to keep the price down.Thus did the London gold pool begin, with the addition of six major European nations the following year (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, West Germany, Italy and Switzerland), which co-ordinated sales to suppress, or “stabilise”, to use their word, the gold price and defuse unwanted, upward market pressure.But the pool struggled against growing demand. In 1965, an ounce of gold was still $35, but the purchasing power of the dollar had decreased by 57% from 1945, while gold reserves had also fallen sharply. The culprit was the costs of the US government, in particular the Vietnam War and president Johnson's enormous welfare spending.If you are buying gold to protect yourself in these uncertain times - and you should if you do not already own some - as always I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.Bretton Woods under pressureWith inflation rising at home and international confidence in the dollar waning, these programmes were not just costly – they undermined Bretton Woods. Non-American nations felt aggrieved that they had to produce $100 worth of goods and services to get a $100 bill, when the US could just print one. French finance minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing called it “America's exorbitant privilege”.President de Gaulle, meanwhile, had had enough. He ignored the pool to turn all French dollars and sterling balances into gold. The French even sent battleships to New York to collect their gold. De Gaulle became the target of several assassination attempts – coincidence, I'm sure. There were rather more US dollars in the world than there was gold to back them, he felt, and he was right.By 1967, US foreign liabilities were $36bn, but it only had $12bn in gold reserves – a third of what was needed to back the dollar. West Germany, Spain and Switzerland began demanding gold for their dollars. Even the British, with sterling going through one of its quadrennial collapses, asked the Americans to prepare $3bn worth of Fort Knox gold for withdrawal. Private gold demand was overwhelming.“The floor of the Bank of England's weighing room collapsed under the weight of all the bullion”In November 1967, the British government devalued the pound by 14%, from $2.80 to $2.40, in order to “achieve a substantial surplus on the balance of payments consistent with economic growth and full employment”.In that month, the London market saw greater bullion demand than it would typically see in nine: as much as 100 tonnes per day. To stem demand they banned forward buying, leverage and the purchase of gold with credit. The pool still lost 1,400 tonnes that year, more than a whole year's mined supply.Selling pressure on the US dollar only increased when the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam launched the first of a series of surprise attacks on US armed forces in South Vietnam in January 1968.Desperate to prop up the system, US military aircraft flew tonne after tonne of gold to RAF Lakenheath from where it was trucked in military convoys to the back entrance of the Bank of England: at one point the floor of the Bank of England's weighing room collapsed under the weight of all the gold.You really should subscribe to this amazing publication.Shoring up the systemIn the four days between 11 March and 14 March 1968, some 780 tonnes were sold to market. The effort to protect the price was deemed hopeless. On 15 March, UK chancellor Roy Jenkins declared a bank holiday, and the gold market was closed for a fortnight, “at the request of the United States”.Zurich also closed. Paris stayed open with gold trading at a 25% premium. All in all, the final 15 months saw over 3,000 tonnes sold to market to protect that $35 price. The pool had lost more than an eighth of its reserves.Two days later, in the rushed-through Washington Agreement, governors of the central banks in the gold pool declared there would be one fixed gold marketfor official government transactions at $35/oz and another, free-market, price for private transactions. Not for the last time, central bankers were living in a world of their own.Gold is one thing. Gold standards are another. They tend not to last, particularly bogus ones such as this one, under which citizens themselves did not handle gold. Keynes called them barbarous – ironic, perhaps, given that he was one of the architects of this one.In August 1971, president Nixon took the US off the gold standard, a “temporary” measure that remains more than 50 years later. For the first time in history, gold – Switzerland aside – played no part in the global monetary system.Of course it was the fault of the speculators. It always is. “I have directed the secretary of the Treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators,” Nixon said, deflecting responsibility, and “to suspend temporarily the convertibility of the dollar into gold”.High time for a US gold auditThe US keeps its gold in four places: at Fort Knox, Kentucky (roughly 56% of its 8,133 tonnes); at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (8%); and the remaining 36% at the mints in Denver and West Point. There has not been a proper public audit of this gold since 1953. There have been internal audits, especially between 1974 and 1986, but these were not transparent.There are many people, among them gold experts, who do not believe the gold is there. The US spent it trying to suppress the gold price in the 1960s, theysay. But in this new age of American transparency, both Trump and Musk have repeatedly pledged that this gold will be audited.There is talk of it being done on a livestream. Trump has even suggested the gold has been stolen. “We're actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is there,” he said, “because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tonnes of gold.”They've been making such light of it, one has to assume they know the gold is there. Musk was laughing about the conspiracies on podcasts, and he even posted a picture of a Fort Knox starter kit: a brick and some gold spray. I can't see how they would be joking if there were any serious doubts.Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, has said quite categorically that the gold is there. The last audit was in September 2024, he said in a recent Bloomberg interview, before looking down the camera and assuring the US people that “all the gold is present and accounted for”. But this would only have been an internal audit, and it would not have been a full audit.According to the US Mint, “the only gold removed has been very small quantities used to test the purity of gold during regularly scheduled audits”. No other gold has been transferred to or from the depository “for many years”. How long is many years, though? As far back as the 1960s?It's quite astonishing just how secretive the whole thing is. They opened the vaults for a congressional delegation and certain members of the press to view the gold in 1974. There were rumours swirling about then too. “We've never done this before and we'll probably never do it again,” said the then director of the US Mint Mary Brooks.“The gold commonly confiscated under Roosevelt contained some copper, and is not pure enough for sale”Then in 2017, during Trump's first administration, Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell were invited to view the gold. “The gold was there,” Mnuchin said. He is “sure” nobody's moved it. There are “serious security protocols in place”. But there are more than 4,000 tonnes in Fort Knox. A tonne would be about the size of a medium to large suitcase. Did he see all 4,000 of them?The other big issue is the purity of the gold. What is there might not all be of good delivery quality, meaning it would not be readily accepted in international bullion markets. If much of the gold is the bullion Roosevelt confiscated in the 1930s, it will be in the form of “coinmelt”: melted down coins.The commonly confiscated coins, such as the $20 double eagle, were only 90% pure and mixed with copper to make them harder. When melted down, they were not always properly refined to modern standards, while the bars they were melted into weighed 320-330 ounces, not the 400 oz bars of good delivery standard today. In practice, this means Fort Knox gold would not be accepted without additional processing.But, until a proper audit takes place, this is all speculation, albeit reasoned speculation. We don't know the full facts. The reasons given for not conducting a full audit are flimsy: we don't need to, it would be too much of an undertaking. Please!If the US gold turns out not to be there, then the gold price goes up – potentially a lot. If it is there, it's business as usual.For now, I'd say the markets are behaving as though it is business as usual. They are climbing, and every dip is being bought, largely, it seems, by central banks (especially in Asia), who are diversifying their holdings and de-dollarising. But this audit cannot come quickly enough.Large volumes of physical gold - over 1,000 tonnes by some counts - have recently been transferred from London to New York. One theory is that was the gold was transferred in anticipation of tariffs. Another is that it was the US buying ahead of its audit. We will soon find out.Finally, I would just like to debunk one theory doing the rounds. US gold is currently marked to market at $42/oz. After the audit, those 8,133 tonnes – assuming they are there and of good delivery quality – could be marked to market at current prices, meaning a significant uplift in the value of holdings.The theory doing the rounds is that Treasury ecretary Bessent will use some of the upwards revaluation to monetise the balance sheet – not unlike how Roosevelt did in 1933 – to create funds for, among other things, the strategic bitcoin reserve. But Bessent has quite clearly stated that is not his intention.This article first appeared in Moneyweek Magazine. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

The Gateway Podcast – Thomas Patrick Gormley– Recognizing Trauma in the Paranormal Date: March 11, 2025 Episode: 67 Discussion: Recognizing Trauma in the Paranormal About Christopher: Thomas has been an empath his entire life, dedicated to exploring the unusual and unexplained while maintaining an open-minded skepticism toward the paranormal. His journey began with a chance friendship with renowned investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who helped him develop his sensitivity and skills to aid both the living and the dead. With a background in emergency medical services and corrections at a psychiatric state prison unit, Thomas specialized in trauma, crisis management, and offender profiling as a behaviorist. For over 40 years, Thomas has immersed himself in parapsychology, demonology, shamanistic practices, spiritual life coaching, paranormal investigations, and advanced historical research. His work has led him to high-profile cases like The Enfield Demon House, Lizzie Borden House, Mount Washington Hotel, and more. He has appeared on Paraflixx, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and numerous paranormal and true crime podcasts internationally, as well as contributing to bestselling print publications. Thomas is the principal owner and lead investigator for Archangel of the Paranormal and serves as the shaman for The Shaman and the Showman LLC alongside Charles Rosenay. He co-hosts the Serial Killers, Supernatural, and Murders podcast on All Access Network TV and is a spiritual life coach with Wardruna: National Healing Network. He is also involved in events like CT Paraconn, CT Witch Festival, Salem's Paranormal and Horror Convention, and CT Psychic Fairfest. Host: CL Thomas C.L. Thomas travels widely every year as a fine arts photographer and writer exploring various afterlife research, OBEs, metaphysics, folklore, and lectures at events. C.L. does "Spirit" art on request. She is the author of the haunting memoir "Dancing with Demons" and the acclaimed historical-fiction novel “Speaking to Shadows”. C.L. is the creator and host of the Small Town Tales Podcast. She has written many articles and maintains a blog on legends, folklore magic, and paranormal stories. Currently, she resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with her beloved Golden Retriever and Maine Coon cat. www.clthomas.org Follow CL on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Instagram: / author_cl_thomas

In 1944, representatives from 44 nations convened at the Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire for what would become the historic Bretton Woods Agreement. Their mission? To craft a new global financial system that could stabilize the world economy in the aftermath of World War II. The official narrative celebrates Bretton Woods as a monumental success, yet just two decades later, the system crumbled when President Nixon ended the dollar's convertibility into gold—shattering its foundation. Now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of that pivotal moment, whispers of a "Bretton Woods 3.0" are growing louder. Many believe a new reset is on the horizon, driven by unprecedented global debt and shifting economic power dynamics. In this episode, we revisit the original Bretton Woods Conference to uncover the hidden truth behind the official story. Was it really the success history claims, or was it doomed from the start? In the second half, we explore the rising calls for Bretton Woods 3.0, dissect the motives of its most vocal advocates, and speculate on what a new financial reset might look like. We then ask how close are we to this seismic shift, and what could it mean for the future of money and power? Part 2 for Members - www.parallelmike.com Mike's Investing Community and Financial Newsletter – www.patreon.com/parallelsystems Consult with Mike 1-2-1 - www.parallelmike.com/consultation

In this episode KJ covers ghost stories from the haunted Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire. Bill covers an account of a Bigfoot encounter from some wild hog hunters in Texas. And some great listener mail. Please join us! Thank you for listening!www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.comProduced by: "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

In this episode KJ covers ghost stories from the haunted Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire. Bill covers an account of a Bigfoot encounter from some wild hog hunters in Texas. And some great listener mail. Please join us! Thank you for listening! www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.com Produced by: "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

This week we look into the hauntings at Mount Washington Hotel! The history of this hotel is awesome and the hauntings are very unique! Sponsors Fum – TryFum.com (Code: tales) Check out our sources below for more info and to continue learning! Please Rate & Review us wherever you get your Podcasts!  Mail us something:  GYT Podcast PO Box 542762 Grand Prairie, TX 75054 Leave us a Voicemail or shoot us a text! 430-558-1304 Our Website WWW.GraveYardPodcast.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/GraveYardTales Youtube: Youtube.com/c/GraveYardTales Rumble – GraveYard Tales Podcast Do you want GraveYard Merch?!?! Go to https://www.teepublic.com/stores/graveyard-tales?ref_id=22286 to get you some!  Visit Podbelly.comto find more shows like us and to get information you might need if you're starting your own podcast. Thank You Darron for our Logo!! You can get in touch with Darron for artwork by searching Darron DuBose on Facebook or Emailing him at art_injector@yahoo.com Thank you to Brandon Adams for our music tracks!! If you want to hear more from Brandon check him out at: Soundcloud.com/brandonadamsj Youtube.com/brandonadams93 Or to get in touch with him for compositions email him at Brandon_adams@earthlink.net Our Contacts WWW.GraveYardPodcast.com Email us at: GraveYardTalesPodcast@gmail.com Find us on social media: Twitter: @GrveYrdPodcast Facebook: @GraveYardTalesPodcast Instagram: @GraveYardTalesPodcast Sources https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/bretton-woods-mount-washington/property-details/history https://katejohns.blogspot.com/2019/04/mount-washington-hotel.html#:~:text=Many%20well%20known%20people%20haves,Rockefeller https://twosistersabroad.com/mount-washington-haunted-hotels/ https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/omni-mount-washington/ghost-stories.php https://www.hauntedrooms.com/new-hampshire/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/mount-washington-hotel https://redoakproperties.com/blog/stay-haunted-hotel-room-nh/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/g6sx8u/ghost_of_mount_washington_hotel_white_mountains/ https://spookt.com/investigation/ghost_hunters_omni_mount_washington_resort

Bretton Woods, Mount Washington Hotel im Juli 1944: Die 63 Mitgliedstaaten der "Leauge Of Nations" treffen sich zur "Monetary and Financial Conference", um einen Meilenstein für die nächsten Jahrzehnte zu legen. Wie hat man den Dollar zur Weltwährung gemacht und warum war und ist das bis heute ein großes Problem für unsere Freiheit?

This week, we are “going down the rabbit hole” with Thomas Gormely. Thomas has been an empath his whole life, and is dedicated to the unusual, and unexplained, but will be the first to tell you he is an open minded skeptic when it comes to the Paranormal, and feels the simple answers are there, we just haven't found them yet.The journey down the rabbit hole started with a chance meeting, and friendship with world renowned Paranormal Investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, developing his sensitivity and skills to help the living and the dead.His career started in the Emergency Medical Field, and Corrections at a Psychiatric State Prison, he specialized in trauma, crisis management, offender/criminal profiling as a behaviorist.Additionally, Thomas has spent over 30 plus years studying, and putting into practice Parapsychology, Demonology, Esoteric diversity, Paranormal Investigations, audio, and visual analysis, and advanced historical research.The Paranormal field has blessed him to be part of very high profile historic cases, such as: Lizzie Borden House, The Mount Washington Hotel, The Oliver House, The John Proctor House, Crocker Tavern, The Connecticut Triangle, The Murder House, The Enfield Entity, Portal at the Gallery, Time Slip at MIllwrights, Body in the Basement Old Well Tavern.Thomas is the owner and lead investigator/historian for The Archangel of the Paranormal. Thomas is also the Shaman with production, tour, and promotions group Shaman and the Showman with Charles Rosenay as the Showman, CT Paraconn, and Salem Paracon, and CT. Psychic Fairfest.

CW: Violence and serial murder. For the season five finale, a special LIVE episode recorded during Strange Escapes at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, NH. Nestled in America's Heartland, Fox Hollow Farm is the former home of serial killer Herb Baumeister. It's unclear how many people fell victim to Baumeister, but 10,000 bone fragments were found on this property alone. It's no surprise, the farmhouse is very, very haunted. Special Guest: Richard Estep, with an introduction by Aaron Mahnke. If you want to join the waiting list for the Paranormal Circle, head to amybruni.com and submit your information todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omni Hotels & Resorts own a long list of haunted hotels and they embrace that reputation. One of their hotels is the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. This is a beautiful location surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest, so it is no wonder that the rich would make this one of their playgrounds. Some of the grandest hotels ever built in America's history, were built here. Perhaps it is that link to the Gilded Age that has locked in spectres to this establishment. Join us as we share the history and hauntings of the Mount Washington Hotel. The Moment in Oddity features The Hambone Award and This Month in History features the first World Series radio broadcast.  Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2023/10/hgb-ep-507-mount-washington-hotel.html Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump Music used in this episode:  Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios (Moment in Oddity) Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4578-vanishing License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license (This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios Bicycle Built for Two is in the public domain. The following music was used for this media project licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license: Epic Horror Drone by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11503-epic-horror-drone

Welkom bij de ALLEREERSTE aflevering van het nieuwe seizoen!  Hotels. Ze zijn vaak groot en oud en er verbleven duizenden mensen voor jou. Sommigen hebben dan ook een behoorlijk creepy vibe. In de allereerste aflevering van het nieuwe seizoen neemt Daf je mee naar een echte beauty: het Mount Washington Hotel. Gebouwd in de bergen van New Hampshire, wordt ze vaak vergeleken met het Overlook Hotel, die uit de Shining, van Stephen King. Ze zijn niet hetzelfde, maar niet getreurd: Het Mount Washington heeft zo haar eigen spookverhalen. Kim trapt dit seizoen af met een seriemoordenaar. Hij laat zijn slachtoffers achter als afval in steegjes en vuilcontainers. Ze noemen hem The Grim Sleeper. Kim vertelt je in deze aflevering hoe hij aan deze naam komt, en of de politie hem uiteindelijk te pakken krijgt.. Of niet. Abonneer nu op SkyShowtime en krijg 3 maanden voor maar 13,99 met de code POKERDUISTER. Ga nu naar SkyShowtime.com/voucher. Actie geldig t/m 30 september.

In the 30s, scholars and policymakers concluded that the Versailles Treaty that ended World War I was one of the prevalent causes of World War II. Before World War II was over, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were looking past the war to focus on establishing an international monetary system. Still, today there are a lot of misconceptions, even among people who follow monetary history, about how the exchange theory system worked. Jim Rickards is an American investment banker, lawyer, economist, op-ed contributor, and author. His books include, Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System,and now available for pre-order,  Sold Out: How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy. Jim joins me on this episode of The Wiggin Sessions to share his knowledge about pre and post war currency standards, the Bretton Woods system, and why the US dollar was pegged as the international currency. Plus, what happened to end the gold standard in 1971. Join me for Part 2 of my conversation with Jim for a look at the difference between a recession, a depression, and a financial crisis and why the US dollar rallies during inflationary periods (like the one we are in now.) Key Takeaways Jim shares the background and the forty-four nations that met at the Mount Washington Hotel to participate in the Bretton Woods Conference. Why the US dollar was pegged as the international currency A look at the 3 Bretton Woods institutions: the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization that still operate today How trade deficits led to a run on Fort Knox and the depletion of the US gold stores How the Smithsonian Agreement devalued the US Dollar Connect with Jim Rickards Paradigm Press Jim on Twitter Jim on Facebook Connect with Addison Wiggin Consilience Financial Be sure to follow The Wiggin Sessions on your socials. You can find me on— Facebook @thewigginsessions Instagram @thewigginsessions Twitter @WigginSessions Resources Sold Out: How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System Bretton Woods Conference Jim Rickards-Democracy, Cryptocurrencies, and Global Control-EP40 Jim Rickards – Insider Reveals Predictions and Opinions About The Great Reset, Global Elite, And The Potential Coming Chaos - EP17

This week Jordan tells DQ about one of her favorite haunted places, the Mount Washington Hotel. DQ gets hung up on sprits in teacups, there's a sassy princess and snowboarding! Enjoy! Resources include: https://www.hauntedrooms.com/new-hampshire/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/mount-washington-hotel https://twosistersabroad.com/mount-washington-haunted-hotels/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fearfulearfulpod/support

The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference was held in July 1944 at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where delegates from 44 nations created a new international monetary system known as the Bretton Woods system. These countries saw the opportunity for a new international system after World War II that would draw on the lessons of the previous gold standards and the experience of the Great Depression and provide for postwar reconstruction. It was an unprecedented cooperative effort for nations that had been setting up barriers between their economies for more than a decade.  

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High in the mountains of New Hampshire sits a beautiful hotel that is hiding a haunting secret. Join us as we tell you the tale of the Mount Washington Hotel and the ghosts that walk it's halls. Do you have the guts to stay the night?   Email us at: Macabrefamilypod@gmail.com follow us on Instagram : @macabrefamily

Rumor has it that the Mount Washington Hotel is part of the inspiration behind Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick's versions of The Shining. And for good reason. Not only is this place supposedly haunted by the ghost of Carolyn Stickney, but it's also PACKED with people who like to wear masks and have a ball! It's also a hot spot for ghost hunting shows and spooky TripAdvisor reviews. Let's just see what we can make of all these stories... Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Get the Blair Witch game at huntakiller.com/blairwitch Read Kristen's writing at huntakiller.com/blog For full sources and links, visit http://www.gttupod.com/home/gttu161 Visit our website for all things Guide to the Unknown at gttupod.com! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod 

On one of their many adventures in New Hampshire, Bridget & Molly explore the tale of the ghostly princess at the Mount Washington Hotel.

Nobody wants to wake up to a ghost sitting at the end of their bed brushing their hair...unless it's at a haunted hotel. Kennedy and Makaely tell the stories of mostly happy ghosts from the Crescent Hotel and Spa in Eureka Springs and the Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire (which may or may not be real). 

In this exciting episode the gal pals finally cover a famous haunted NH hotel and the most infamous possessed wine cabinet in the world. Get comfortable and prepare to get the goosebumps.

S03E02: Death and Taxes Featuring Hosts: Matt Carano, Tom Hudson, and Nick Boyle Engineered by: Matt Carano Produced by: Tom Hudson, Matt Carano, and Nick Boyle   Featuring Hosts: Matt Carano, Tom Hudson, and Nick Boyle   Engineered by: Matt Carano   Produced by: Tom Hudson, Matt Carano, and Nick Boyle  News Bearcat http://www.unionleader.com/safety/After-breaking-down-numerous-times-Nashua-to-purchase-new-Bearcat-for-301k-04062018 Sales Tax In Us http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180408/OPINION01/180409412/0/FRONTPAGE http://www.unionleader.com/Internet-sales-tax-in-U.S.-faces-a-Judgment-Day Death Penalty http://www.wmur.com/article/nh-house-committee-takes-up-death-penalty-repeal-bill/19681064 Medicaid http://nhpr.org/post/medicaid-expansion-clears-first-big-hurdle-nh-house#stream/0 Backpage.com seized by feds http://nh1.com/news/national-video/indictment-accuses-backpage-founders-of-aiding-prostitution-2 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2018/01/craigslist_redu.html Manchester homeless camps in the crosshairs http://www.unionleader.com/social-issues/manchester-camps-in-the-crosshairs-1-homeless-enclave-bulldozed-2-others-eyed-20180408 Events Freecoast Liberty Outreach Meetup 12th Exeter, 19th Hampton Matt's Crypto Talk Special Segment - Autocrat Of The Week Matt - Steve Marchand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Marchand NH History Bretton Woods Conference 730 delegates from all 44 allied countries July 1st-22nd 1944 Hosted at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods NH Main Objective: Establish a new international monetary order Lessons Learned from the past At the end of WWI the allies imposed large reparation payments. These payments were supposed to cover the debt accumulated by Allied forces during the war and help them pay to rebuild their countries.Result: Germany printed money to make the reparation payments causing hyperinflation. (e.g. 1 loaf of bread in 1918 ¼ of a Reichsmark, 1 loaf of bread in November 1923 80 billion Reichsmarks Most countries response to the Great Depression was trade restrictions(tariffs, quotas, etc) to improve account deficits and stop reserve loss. Retaliation against trade restrictions only pushed the level of restrictions to international trade higher and further suppressed output and employment in many countries. New realizations Even though the conference participants were dedicated to capitalism, John Maynard Keynes' economic ideas were flourishing(unfortunately). Keynes prescribed during recessions an increase in government spending, to prevent aggregate spending from falling. Reflecting the Keynesian ideas, the welfare state emerged out of the Great Depression. The two major personalities there were Keynes, representing Britain; and Harry Dexter White, representing the U.S. The British plan Keynes proposed an International Clearing Union (ICU) as a way to addressing current account imbalances. He wanted to avoid the reappearance of persistent and large current account deficits that happened during the interwar years (1918–1939), which increased countries' debt and debt payments and decreased growth at the global scale. Keynes thought of the International Clearing Union as a bank with its own currency (called Bancor), exchangeable with other currencies at a fixed rate. He proposed using Bancor to measure countries' trade deficits or surpluses. Countries with current account deficits would have an overdraft facility in their Bancor account with the ICU. He worked out specific numbers regarding the size of the overdraft facility. His proposal implied a maximum overdraft of half of the country's average trade size over five years. If a country needed funds higher than the overdraft, it would be charged interest, thus motivating the country to devalue its currency. Keynes's plan implied an interest charge of 10 percent if a country's current account surplus was more than half the size of its permitted overdraft; this solution would motivate these countries to lend more. At the end of the year, if the country had a current account surplus that was half the overdraft, the ICU would confiscate the surplus. The American Plan The U.S. agreed on the necessity of an agency to manage current account imbalances, but Keynes's idea of the ICU was too interventionist for the American side. Additionally, the U.S. saw itself as a surplus country in terms of its current account in the years to come and didn't want such interventionist ideas to be practiced on the U.S. White proposed the International Stabilization Fund (which later became the International Monetary Fund, or the IMF), which placed the burden of balancing current accounts on deficit countries and imposed no limits on surplus countries. White's Plan included a new multilateral development agency that would plan and finance economic reconstruction in all war-torn countries, allied or aggressor. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, part of today's World Bank) emerged from the American ideas about reconstruction. Result Created the International Monetary Fund & World Bank IMF monitors exchange rates and lend reserve currencies to nations. World Bank provided financial assistance to reconstruction for countries post-WWII IMF pegged all currencies to the US dollar. The US dollar was pegged to gold. This ended in 1971 when Nixon got off the gold standard. Now all currencies “float” http://www.dummies.com/education/finance/international-finance/the-impact-of-the-bretton-woods-conference-in-1944/

Grant Wilson of Syfy's Ghost Hunters joins Patrick to discuss the TAPS influence on the world and the paranormal community. Join us for a very special 100th episode! Visit BigSeance.com for more info!   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro 1:15 Grant Wilson has been on Patrick's bucket list of guests for quite a while now! He is co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), and an original cast member and Co-Producer of Syfy's Ghost Hunters. 1:49 Pour the tea and please welcome Grant Wilson to the parlor! 2:49 Of all the drinks Grant could have chosen here in the parlor. Water?! 3:55 The reason why Patrick was so excited to talk to Grant! 4:33 He’s still investigating the paranormal. Plus early paranormal experiences. 6:00 Creating, producing, and filming Syfy’s Ghost Hunters! 6:52 Different investigation styles and being in it to help people. The downside of a tech based investigation style. 8:45 Music, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Board Games. Grant’s current nerdy passions. And he’s the Art Director and Co-Founder of Rather Dashing Games. 10:30 The influence of over a decade of TAPS and Ghost Hunters in the field of paranormal investigation. 14:40 The production and what Grant has to say about how he was portrayed on the show. 17:19 Flaming skulls and blood fonts. How Grant met Jason Hawes. 19:50 Para-drama, story, and those early seasons of Ghost Hunters. 22:41 Remember the TAPS trailer headquarters?! 20:05 “They don’t want us here.” The emotional and powerful first televised episode of Season 1, filmed in a family’s home in Altoona, Pennsylvania. 26:55 Should investigators reveal all of their findings? Or should you approach it more carefully? 29:25 Catching fraud. 30:30 Stress and life on the road. Grant makes the decision to leave Ghost Hunters. 32:46 “That freakin’ made me about crap my pants.” Name the location and season of this famous Grant Wilson quote! Fort Mifflin from Season 4. 35:04 Amazing paranormal experiences at the Bird Cage Theatre. 37:20 “Of course I’m here. Where are you?” One of Patrick’s favorite episodes, and the amazing EVP of the princess at the Mount Washington Hotel! 39:28 Getting “hit, punched, grabbed, slapped, scratched, pushed by things you can’t see." The Friar’s Club in New York. 42:13 Which past team member is likely to leave due to being scared? Who’s the first to pull a prank? 44:26 The way of the Samurai. Grant’s evolution of using paranormal tools and technology. 47:25 Analog vs. digital audio recorders. 48:34 Lost Limbs Foundation, Grant’s charity of choice. 50:30 Thank you, Grant Wilson! iTunes Reviews and Listener Feedback! 52:55 A question and a call for advice regarding reading in dreams. 54:28 Being Able To Read In Your Dreams - Blog post from 2012 Reading In Your Dreams - The Big Seance Podcast #66 CNN article - "When exorcists need help, they call him." A special request. For Episode 101, I’d love to hear from you regarding your favorite episodes, favorite moments, favorite guest, best Spectral Edition… anything that comes to mind. You could email those thoughts, drop them in the Big Seance Parlor on Facebook, or even record your voice with Speakpipe. Learn how to do that by visiting BigSeance.com/feedback. 59:49 Outro 1:00:50 #Paranerd Hashtag 1:02:28   For more on Grant Wilson GrantSWilson.com RatherDashingGames.com Grant Wilson Albums on iTunes Twitter: @GrantSWilson Grant on Facebook   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information. Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and iHeart Radio.

The functioning of the global economy remains as relevant a topic as ever before. Commentators continue to debate the causes and consequences of the financial crisis that hit the United States from 2007-2008. They also continue to ask questions such as: How long will China keep purchasing the treasury bonds that the U.S. government needs to help finance its ever-increasing debt? Just how long can the dollar remain the global reserve currency before being replaced by another national currency or some sort of international monetary unit? Will the global flows of capital facilitated by “free-floating” exchange rates eventually undermine the healthy functioning of international economy and usher in another global depression? In his new book The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 (Pegasus Books, 2014), journalist Ed Conway uses the story of the Bretton Woods Summit to help readers better understand the difficulties involved in creating a stable and prosperous global monetary system. In easy-to-follow and engaging prose, he recounts the rise and fall of the gold standard. Drawing on many previously unused sources, he also explains how actors as different as the British economist John Maynard Keynes and U.S. treasury official Harry Dexter White worked to create a more flexible, cooperative global monetary system that would prevent future World Wars and Great Depressions. Conway’s section on the Summit tells the fascinating stories of how the participants ended up creating the Bretton Woods framework by linking the dollar to gold and creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Unlike many accounts of the Bretton Woods Summit that paint the gathering as a dull economic conference, Conway’s book succeeds in portraying the human drama of the event and the complex ways that personalities influenced the final agreements. In ways that will appeal to the general reader and expert alike, he embeds his cogent economic analysis within stories as diverse as the drinking songs that attendees belted out at the Mount Washington Hotel bar and the volleyball match that took place between U.S. and Soviet officials. A magician and dance instructor also make appearances in the story. Like any good book should, Conway gives readers much food for thought. While the Bretton Woods framework had many faults, it largely coincided with the longest economic expansion in human history. Even if this framework’s inherent limitations make it an impractical option today, policymakers would be wise to reflect on how their predecessors worked to promote global economic stability. As history shows, they could do worse than the motley collection of individuals who came to Bretton Woods in 1944. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The functioning of the global economy remains as relevant a topic as ever before. Commentators continue to debate the causes and consequences of the financial crisis that hit the United States from 2007-2008. They also continue to ask questions such as: How long will China keep purchasing the treasury bonds that the U.S. government needs to help finance its ever-increasing debt? Just how long can the dollar remain the global reserve currency before being replaced by another national currency or some sort of international monetary unit? Will the global flows of capital facilitated by “free-floating” exchange rates eventually undermine the healthy functioning of international economy and usher in another global depression? In his new book The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 (Pegasus Books, 2014), journalist Ed Conway uses the story of the Bretton Woods Summit to help readers better understand the difficulties involved in creating a stable and prosperous global monetary system. In easy-to-follow and engaging prose, he recounts the rise and fall of the gold standard. Drawing on many previously unused sources, he also explains how actors as different as the British economist John Maynard Keynes and U.S. treasury official Harry Dexter White worked to create a more flexible, cooperative global monetary system that would prevent future World Wars and Great Depressions. Conway’s section on the Summit tells the fascinating stories of how the participants ended up creating the Bretton Woods framework by linking the dollar to gold and creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Unlike many accounts of the Bretton Woods Summit that paint the gathering as a dull economic conference, Conway’s book succeeds in portraying the human drama of the event and the complex ways that personalities influenced the final agreements. In ways that will appeal to the general reader and expert alike, he embeds his cogent economic analysis within stories as diverse as the drinking songs that attendees belted out at the Mount Washington Hotel bar and the volleyball match that took place between U.S. and Soviet officials. A magician and dance instructor also make appearances in the story. Like any good book should, Conway gives readers much food for thought. While the Bretton Woods framework had many faults, it largely coincided with the longest economic expansion in human history. Even if this framework’s inherent limitations make it an impractical option today, policymakers would be wise to reflect on how their predecessors worked to promote global economic stability. As history shows, they could do worse than the motley collection of individuals who came to Bretton Woods in 1944. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The functioning of the global economy remains as relevant a topic as ever before. Commentators continue to debate the causes and consequences of the financial crisis that hit the United States from 2007-2008. They also continue to ask questions such as: How long will China keep purchasing the treasury bonds that the U.S. government needs to help finance its ever-increasing debt? Just how long can the dollar remain the global reserve currency before being replaced by another national currency or some sort of international monetary unit? Will the global flows of capital facilitated by “free-floating” exchange rates eventually undermine the healthy functioning of international economy and usher in another global depression? In his new book The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 (Pegasus Books, 2014), journalist Ed Conway uses the story of the Bretton Woods Summit to help readers better understand the difficulties involved in creating a stable and prosperous global monetary system. In easy-to-follow and engaging prose, he recounts the rise and fall of the gold standard. Drawing on many previously unused sources, he also explains how actors as different as the British economist John Maynard Keynes and U.S. treasury official Harry Dexter White worked to create a more flexible, cooperative global monetary system that would prevent future World Wars and Great Depressions. Conway’s section on the Summit tells the fascinating stories of how the participants ended up creating the Bretton Woods framework by linking the dollar to gold and creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Unlike many accounts of the Bretton Woods Summit that paint the gathering as a dull economic conference, Conway’s book succeeds in portraying the human drama of the event and the complex ways that personalities influenced the final agreements. In ways that will appeal to the general reader and expert alike, he embeds his cogent economic analysis within stories as diverse as the drinking songs that attendees belted out at the Mount Washington Hotel bar and the volleyball match that took place between U.S. and Soviet officials. A magician and dance instructor also make appearances in the story. Like any good book should, Conway gives readers much food for thought. While the Bretton Woods framework had many faults, it largely coincided with the longest economic expansion in human history. Even if this framework’s inherent limitations make it an impractical option today, policymakers would be wise to reflect on how their predecessors worked to promote global economic stability. As history shows, they could do worse than the motley collection of individuals who came to Bretton Woods in 1944. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The functioning of the global economy remains as relevant a topic as ever before. Commentators continue to debate the causes and consequences of the financial crisis that hit the United States from 2007-2008. They also continue to ask questions such as: How long will China keep purchasing the treasury bonds that the U.S. government needs to help finance its ever-increasing debt? Just how long can the dollar remain the global reserve currency before being replaced by another national currency or some sort of international monetary unit? Will the global flows of capital facilitated by “free-floating” exchange rates eventually undermine the healthy functioning of international economy and usher in another global depression? In his new book The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 (Pegasus Books, 2014), journalist Ed Conway uses the story of the Bretton Woods Summit to help readers better understand the difficulties involved in creating a stable and prosperous global monetary system. In easy-to-follow and engaging prose, he recounts the rise and fall of the gold standard. Drawing on many previously unused sources, he also explains how actors as different as the British economist John Maynard Keynes and U.S. treasury official Harry Dexter White worked to create a more flexible, cooperative global monetary system that would prevent future World Wars and Great Depressions. Conway’s section on the Summit tells the fascinating stories of how the participants ended up creating the Bretton Woods framework by linking the dollar to gold and creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Unlike many accounts of the Bretton Woods Summit that paint the gathering as a dull economic conference, Conway’s book succeeds in portraying the human drama of the event and the complex ways that personalities influenced the final agreements. In ways that will appeal to the general reader and expert alike, he embeds his cogent economic analysis within stories as diverse as the drinking songs that attendees belted out at the Mount Washington Hotel bar and the volleyball match that took place between U.S. and Soviet officials. A magician and dance instructor also make appearances in the story. Like any good book should, Conway gives readers much food for thought. While the Bretton Woods framework had many faults, it largely coincided with the longest economic expansion in human history. Even if this framework’s inherent limitations make it an impractical option today, policymakers would be wise to reflect on how their predecessors worked to promote global economic stability. As history shows, they could do worse than the motley collection of individuals who came to Bretton Woods in 1944. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The functioning of the global economy remains as relevant a topic as ever before. Commentators continue to debate the causes and consequences of the financial crisis that hit the United States from 2007-2008. They also continue to ask questions such as: How long will China keep purchasing the treasury bonds that the U.S. government needs to help finance its ever-increasing debt? Just how long can the dollar remain the global reserve currency before being replaced by another national currency or some sort of international monetary unit? Will the global flows of capital facilitated by “free-floating” exchange rates eventually undermine the healthy functioning of international economy and usher in another global depression? In his new book The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 (Pegasus Books, 2014), journalist Ed Conway uses the story of the Bretton Woods Summit to help readers better understand the difficulties involved in creating a stable and prosperous global monetary system. In easy-to-follow and engaging prose, he recounts the rise and fall of the gold standard. Drawing on many previously unused sources, he also explains how actors as different as the British economist John Maynard Keynes and U.S. treasury official Harry Dexter White worked to create a more flexible, cooperative global monetary system that would prevent future World Wars and Great Depressions. Conway’s section on the Summit tells the fascinating stories of how the participants ended up creating the Bretton Woods framework by linking the dollar to gold and creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Unlike many accounts of the Bretton Woods Summit that paint the gathering as a dull economic conference, Conway’s book succeeds in portraying the human drama of the event and the complex ways that personalities influenced the final agreements. In ways that will appeal to the general reader and expert alike, he embeds his cogent economic analysis within stories as diverse as the drinking songs that attendees belted out at the Mount Washington Hotel bar and the volleyball match that took place between U.S. and Soviet officials. A magician and dance instructor also make appearances in the story. Like any good book should, Conway gives readers much food for thought. While the Bretton Woods framework had many faults, it largely coincided with the longest economic expansion in human history. Even if this framework’s inherent limitations make it an impractical option today, policymakers would be wise to reflect on how their predecessors worked to promote global economic stability. As history shows, they could do worse than the motley collection of individuals who came to Bretton Woods in 1944. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices