Project Gutenberg 2018-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 474 Brandeis, Louis Dembitz 1856 1941 Brandeis, Louis D. (Louis Dembitz) Hapgood, Norman 1868 1937 14006184 Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It Preface -- Our financial oligarchy -- How the combiners combine -- Interlocking directorates -- Serve one master only! -- What publicity can do -- Where the banker is superfluous -- Big men and little business -- A curse of bigness -- The failure of banker-management -- The inefficiency of the oligarchs. Produced by Turgut Dincer, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It" by Louis Dembitz Brandeis is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work primarily addresses the issues of financial oligarchy and the power dynamics within the banking system in the United States, highlighting the control exerted by a few powerful investment bankers. It reflects on broader economic concerns regarding competition, monopoly, and the influence of money on democracy and society. The opening portion of this critical examination presents Brandeis’s view of the American financial landscape, emphasizing the consolidation of banks and trust companies, which he argues has resulted in a "Money Trust" that dominates the economy. Brandeis draws from statements by prominent figures, such as President Wilson and findings from the Pujo Committee, to illustrate how a small group of bankers exerts disproportionate control over credit and business operations, impacting competition and economic freedom. Through a detailed analysis of interlocking directorates and unethical financial practices, Brandeis sets the stage for a discussion on the ramifications of this concentration of power and the urgent need for reform to restore a more equitable economic system. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Banks and banking -- United States Finance -- United States HG Text Category: History - American Category: Politics Category: Economics 329219 2025-09-23T06:14:38.173341 text/html 325756 2018-08-31T03:16:22 text/html 234985 2025-09-23T06:14:42.965346 application/epub+zip 230319 2025-09-23T06:14:39.134343 application/epub+zip 200191 2025-09-23T06:14:38.655404 application/epub+zip 318191 2025-09-23T06:14:46.116329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290939 2025-09-23T06:14:42.485340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261191 2022-09-26T07:03:28.793520 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298543 2025-09-23T06:14:37.801371 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298590 2018-08-31T03:16:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20007 2025-09-23T06:14:46.252315 application/rdf+xml 11870 2025-09-23T06:14:38.741328 image/jpeg 2425 2025-09-23T06:14:38.699331 image/jpeg 104873 2018-08-31T03:16:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 233686 2018-08-31T03:16:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 257978 2025-09-23T06:14:38.207355 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia