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When Money Became God: The Hidden History of How Banking Conquered the World
From goldsmith receipts to the Federal Reserve, from Bretton Woods to the Nixon Shock -- the story of how physical money was replaced by collective faith, and who engineered the transition.
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Daniel Whitmore
January 15, 2026
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Daniel Whitmore
Investigative journalist covering global finance, power structures, and geopolitics. Former Reuters correspondent.
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