--- product_id: 109109899 title: "The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve" price: "AR$34939" currency: ARS in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/109109899-the-creature-from-jekyll-island-a-second-look-at-federal store_origin: AR region: Argentina --- # The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve **Price:** AR$34939 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve - **How much does it cost?** AR$34939 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.ar](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/109109899-the-creature-from-jekyll-island-a-second-look-at-federal) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This is the classic exposé of the Fed that has become one of the best-selling books in its category of all time. Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magician's secrets are unveiled. Here is a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, the pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A boring subject? Just wait. You'll be hooked in five minutes. It reads like a detective story – which it really is, but it's all true. This book is about the most blatant scam of history. It's all here: the cause of wars, boom-bust cycles, inflation, depression, prosperity. Your world view will definitely change. Putting it quite simply, this may be the most important book on world affairs you will ever read. 608 pages. The 5th Edition includes a no-holds barred analysis of bank bailouts under the Bush and Obama Administrations that are shown to be nothing less than legalized plunder of the American people. Many other updates have been added, including a revision to the list of those who attended the historic meeting at Jekyll Island where the Federal Reserve was created. ~~TESTIMONIALS~~ "A superb analysis. Be prepared for one heck of a journey through time and mind." – Ron Paul, Member of Congress, House Banking Committee, 2008 & 2012 Presidential candidate. "Scary. It's the story of the world banking system. Enough said." – Willie Nelson, Musician/Author "Have you read this book? If not, read it. It's a fascinating and amazing journey." – Glenn Beck, TV commentator. "A gripping adventure into the secret world of the international banking cartel." – Mark Thornton, Asst. Professor of Economics, Auburn University, Coordinator of Academic Affairs, Ludwig von Mises Institute "This is a murder mystery about the financial 'murder' of the middle class." - Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad "A train-load of heavy history, written in such a relaxed and easy style that it captivated me. I hated to put it down." – Dan Smoot, Publisher/Editor, Dan Smoot Report "As a career banker and president of a bank consulting firm, I thought I had a good understanding of the Federal Reserve, but this book changed the way I view our entire monetary system." – Marilyn MacGruder Barnwall, Grand Junction, Colorado "I have just finished reading this for the FOURTH time!!!! Each time only adds another gloss of patina to the truth." – David J. Nitsche, ex banker (25 year career), Bridgeton, New Jersey "My wife manages a large main library and told me there are over 37 people on the waiting list for The Creature from Jekyll Island. Branch libraries have similar reservations." - Stan "Before reading your book, I thought I had a good financial education. My degrees and CPA, Accounting and Finance from New York University are impressive. ... But I must thank you for giving me the real education on money." - L.B., Denver, CO "I've spent my career as Finance VP and CFO for a number of companies, and now I teach accounting at a Community College. I thought I had a handle on money, banking, and finance, but the Creature opened my eyes to things I never saw before and hidden causes I never dreamed existed." - James Sugden "Seldom does anyone inspire me as you have with your intense research and information. Thank you for sharing with your readers the endless hours needed to bring about your fabulous 'door stop' as you described your book recently on T.V." - Larryn J. Bertrand, Foresthill, CA Review: The Global Financial Crisis - Be Scared, Be Very Scared... - Once in a while I read a book that changes my view of the world. It's akin to having blinkers removed from my eyes. Books on that - short - list include 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', 'The Naked Ape', 'Games People Play' and, now, 'The Creature from Jekyll Island.' The book could be superficially seen as yet another conspiracy theory book, a style of book which I generally dislike. When people like Robert Kiyosaki recommend such a book though, I decided that it was worth reading for self-education. Like most people I know, I've wondered how on earth we came to the Global Financial Crisis that is destroying so many lives and futures around the world. I'm familiar with the usual answers: 'Consumers and countries overspent and now it's time to pay the piper', 'The rise of China', and so on; but none of those answers provide a framework within which to understand how we got there or why we keep essentially being told that this was inevitable but that Government is protecting us - a nonsensical story if ever I heard one. This book does provide that framework. The index alone is interesting, particularly for a book that is written about such a dry subject as the Federal Reserve! I had a smile just looking at the format of the index. At the beginning, and in many places throughout the book, the story reads almost as a cross between a biography and a detective story, spanning a century of conscious financial abuse and mismanagement for private gain. There are whimsical stories that beautifully illustrate the central ideas. The first point the book makes is that the Federal Reserve is neither Federal, nor a Bank. It is instead a cartel of bankers, one of who's primary goals is to shift responsibility for bank losses from their collective shoulders to those of the taxpayers - in this case of the USA. There are other serious points, which the author freely admits might seem at first like overstating the case. He goes on however to, in my opinion, amply support his conclusions. I found myself hooked from the beginning. Unbelievably for a book like this, I found it difficult to put down and I specifically made time in my day to read chapters when I could, even at the expense of sleep. This is a scary book, one that opened my eyes to some serious economic history. One that provides a good argument in support of the assertion that the banks have literally hijacked the US economy; causing enormous hardship to the taxpayers, an enormous devaluing of the dollar, transfer of US national wealth to their own pockets and its movement overseas; and that they are essentially in the process of doing the same thing globally. Is the book correct in its assertions? The argument convinced me although you'll need to draw your own conclusions. As an example though, the day after completing the book I read a news article discussing a British proposal to jail senior bankers who breach their fiduciary duty. Despite having an MBA I would previously not have been able to put many of the arguments into any significant context. Instead, I suddenly found myself clearly understanding the papers' conclusions and understanding why this idea is so critical to solving the GFC for the long term. Without measures like this, the Creature from Jekyll Island is likely to survive, to continue its quiet digestion of our collective global wealth and to reach out again in just a few years to bite us - but much harder next time. Review: Excellent research brought together in one book - While the author's opinion sometimes blows me away, when I look at the background research and footnotes, I realize time and again that he is dead serious. I shouldn't really use the word "opinion" because the book seems more of a compilation of facts put in front of the reader in such a way that the mystery of today's financial world is unravelled like never before. There is too much high quality material covered in "The Creature" to summarize in a short review - and I'm not a person who is inclined to write lengthy reviews anyway. Let me just share one point of interest. In my high school years the Ethiopian hunger crisis was in full swing and "everyone" in my class felt the need to peer pressure everyone else into contributing to the charity drive. I had a very strong hunch that the "scheme" appeared to be a "fraud" and so I didn't - which didn't sit too well with my classmates as you can probably imagine. I probably don't have to tell you that unfortunately for the starving Ethiopian population the proceeds of the charity drive mostly didn't appear to reach the intended recipients as most of the food stocks purchased were "confiscated" by the Ethiopian military, rebels and whoever not shouldn't have had access, but in this very book I read that the hunger crisis was actually manufactured by the Ethiopian government in a drive towards a form of government that had already been proven to appear to disempower the population, deprive people of their individual rights and cause tremendous chaos. Call me late to the game if you were already aware of this, but for those who aren't, Edward Griffin has this and many other "surprises" in store. I haven't even finished the book but I can definitely say this has already been a big eye opener for me. Apart from a wish that he run spell check on it, I am very glad that I bought it. Highly recommended for anywone who wishes to further educate her/himself on the historic and current workings and behind the scenes motivations of the financial community. Let's not forget that we are all, as taxpayers, investors, consumers, etc., participants in the financial community no matter how insignificant we may consider ourselves to be. I believe that Griffin wants to encourage us to make smarter choices with regard to money. At least, he appears to be handing us quite a few tools for more educated decision making with his research. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #7 in Banks & Banking (Books) | ## Images ![The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91b-4s59OAL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Global Financial Crisis - Be Scared, Be Very Scared... *by E***L on June 19, 2013* Once in a while I read a book that changes my view of the world. It's akin to having blinkers removed from my eyes. Books on that - short - list include 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', 'The Naked Ape', 'Games People Play' and, now, 'The Creature from Jekyll Island.' The book could be superficially seen as yet another conspiracy theory book, a style of book which I generally dislike. When people like Robert Kiyosaki recommend such a book though, I decided that it was worth reading for self-education. Like most people I know, I've wondered how on earth we came to the Global Financial Crisis that is destroying so many lives and futures around the world. I'm familiar with the usual answers: 'Consumers and countries overspent and now it's time to pay the piper', 'The rise of China', and so on; but none of those answers provide a framework within which to understand how we got there or why we keep essentially being told that this was inevitable but that Government is protecting us - a nonsensical story if ever I heard one. This book does provide that framework. The index alone is interesting, particularly for a book that is written about such a dry subject as the Federal Reserve! I had a smile just looking at the format of the index. At the beginning, and in many places throughout the book, the story reads almost as a cross between a biography and a detective story, spanning a century of conscious financial abuse and mismanagement for private gain. There are whimsical stories that beautifully illustrate the central ideas. The first point the book makes is that the Federal Reserve is neither Federal, nor a Bank. It is instead a cartel of bankers, one of who's primary goals is to shift responsibility for bank losses from their collective shoulders to those of the taxpayers - in this case of the USA. There are other serious points, which the author freely admits might seem at first like overstating the case. He goes on however to, in my opinion, amply support his conclusions. I found myself hooked from the beginning. Unbelievably for a book like this, I found it difficult to put down and I specifically made time in my day to read chapters when I could, even at the expense of sleep. This is a scary book, one that opened my eyes to some serious economic history. One that provides a good argument in support of the assertion that the banks have literally hijacked the US economy; causing enormous hardship to the taxpayers, an enormous devaluing of the dollar, transfer of US national wealth to their own pockets and its movement overseas; and that they are essentially in the process of doing the same thing globally. Is the book correct in its assertions? The argument convinced me although you'll need to draw your own conclusions. As an example though, the day after completing the book I read a news article discussing a British proposal to jail senior bankers who breach their fiduciary duty. Despite having an MBA I would previously not have been able to put many of the arguments into any significant context. Instead, I suddenly found myself clearly understanding the papers' conclusions and understanding why this idea is so critical to solving the GFC for the long term. Without measures like this, the Creature from Jekyll Island is likely to survive, to continue its quiet digestion of our collective global wealth and to reach out again in just a few years to bite us - but much harder next time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent research brought together in one book *by V***T on January 19, 2014* While the author's opinion sometimes blows me away, when I look at the background research and footnotes, I realize time and again that he is dead serious. I shouldn't really use the word "opinion" because the book seems more of a compilation of facts put in front of the reader in such a way that the mystery of today's financial world is unravelled like never before. There is too much high quality material covered in "The Creature" to summarize in a short review - and I'm not a person who is inclined to write lengthy reviews anyway. Let me just share one point of interest. In my high school years the Ethiopian hunger crisis was in full swing and "everyone" in my class felt the need to peer pressure everyone else into contributing to the charity drive. I had a very strong hunch that the "scheme" appeared to be a "fraud" and so I didn't - which didn't sit too well with my classmates as you can probably imagine. I probably don't have to tell you that unfortunately for the starving Ethiopian population the proceeds of the charity drive mostly didn't appear to reach the intended recipients as most of the food stocks purchased were "confiscated" by the Ethiopian military, rebels and whoever not shouldn't have had access, but in this very book I read that the hunger crisis was actually manufactured by the Ethiopian government in a drive towards a form of government that had already been proven to appear to disempower the population, deprive people of their individual rights and cause tremendous chaos. Call me late to the game if you were already aware of this, but for those who aren't, Edward Griffin has this and many other "surprises" in store. I haven't even finished the book but I can definitely say this has already been a big eye opener for me. Apart from a wish that he run spell check on it, I am very glad that I bought it. Highly recommended for anywone who wishes to further educate her/himself on the historic and current workings and behind the scenes motivations of the financial community. Let's not forget that we are all, as taxpayers, investors, consumers, etc., participants in the financial community no matter how insignificant we may consider ourselves to be. I believe that Griffin wants to encourage us to make smarter choices with regard to money. At least, he appears to be handing us quite a few tools for more educated decision making with his research. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Book - Everyone should read it *by F***I on October 28, 2013* This book is really the holy grail to find out and unveil the truth behind economies and banking and why some financial institution would fight really hard to stop all other old and new innovative financial services that might steal away profits from the banking cartels, this is a life effort and great investigative reporting of historical events that clearly explains the current economic situation and the Iron Clad system hogging any new innovative financial services that can compete with banking or other financial services if any would arise. If you wish to know more about how the financial systems operate and how they operate behind the scenes then this book is for you, if you wish to learn about amazing dedicated master minds (which you would hate as you read but have to admire their twisted genius and dedicated efforts to fool the world at large) who devised it then you should read this book and if you lost your money and your mortgage or your bank went down and wonder why??? you should read this book. I believe everyone should be aware of the facts of our most precious prize which is "MONEY" and whats its worth today. Who else should read it... The amazing people who are trying to develop new financial services independent of banks, master card, visa, amex and others should read this book too will give them an amazing insight. Although we might never be able to do something about it since we are all assimilated yet its good to know, so you won't say one day nobody told me when you take a loan or max your credit cards ;) If I can give it 10 Stars I would. hope you enjoy it! as much as I did. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/109109899-the-creature-from-jekyll-island-a-second-look-at-federal](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/109109899-the-creature-from-jekyll-island-a-second-look-at-federal) --- *Product available on Desertcart Argentina* *Store origin: AR* *Last updated: 2026-09-15*