The Alchemists — Gold, Fiat, and the Men Who Print Your Reality

Send us Fan Mail The Alchemists — Gold, Fiat, and the Men Who Print Your Reality London, sixteen-something. A goldsmith stands in his strongroom and has a thought that will reshape the world: hardly anyone ever comes to collect their gold… so what if I wrote receipts for gold that isn't there, and lent them out at interest? That thought is the seed of every bank on Earth. And tonight, Mark and Grim follow it all the way to your pocket. Because here's the fact that should stop you dead: in 2014 the Bank of England itself published a paper admitting that banks don't lend out your savings — they create new money out of nothing, as a keystroke, the moment you take out a loan. Around 97% of the money in Britain came into existence that way. You dig your money out of yourself, hour by hour. They type theirs. We trace the whole con: why gold was money no man could control — and why that made it intolerable. The 1933 order forcing Americans to hand in their gold at $20 an ounce, right before the government revalued it to $35. Nixon's "temporary" 1971 suspension, now 55 years old. The gold in Fort Knox that no independent auditor has properly counted since 1953. And Brown's Bottom — the 395 tonnes of Britain's gold sold at the very bottom of the market, in public auctions the Chancellor announced in advance. Who bought it? Who always buys it? And why does every official explanation ask you for the one thing gold never needed — trust? From the shadows. Stay curious, stay sceptical — and remember: if you can't hold it, you don't own it. And we will see you again, somewhere in time... 🎧 The Evident Conspiracy Files · TheECF.co.uk · Follow us on X Next time: The Banker Under the Bridge — who put the bricks in the pockets of God's Banker? Support the show Our new show - GRIM STORIES - is now available... https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/grim-stories/id6794635228