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"Over time, whoever controls the money system controls the nation."
Stephen Zarlenga, Director

Introducing Monetary Thought to Students of All Ages:

THE LOST SCIENCE OF MONEY book is available immediately!!
(Please ignore Amazon bookseller's false statement that it's out of print!)

Proposed Legislation which resolves the current crisis:
The American Monetary Act  is ready for public comment

The Monetary Transparency Act is also in preparation

The 2008 Conference:
AMI 2008 Monetary Reform Conference at Roosevelt University,  in Chicago,   Sept. 25-28, 2008


2008 Conference Schedule: Topics, Photos and Bios of Speakers  (Be sure to see the fascinating sessions on Usury)

Special Offer To all Thom Hartman Show Listeners to Thoms interview with Stephen Zarlenga: click and email us your postal address and we'll send you a free one hour audio CD on monetary reform!

2006 Conference Report and Description of Speakers
The entire conference is available on 4 audio CD's for only $75

Zarlenga's speech at the U.S. Treasury (Dec. 4, 2003)

Stephen Zarlenga's Presentation to the Green Party's National Convention - GREENING THE DOLLAR - Reclaiming democratic Values Through Monetary Reform    Thursday July 12, 2007

Here is our proposed "Greening the Dollar" Monetary Reform Plank

FREE Monetary Seminar for Chicago Area People,
Wednesday July 23, 2008
(Click on "view upcoming events" below to see the West Coast schedule)

Regarding our being mentioned in a recent "Le Monde" article:
Au Lecteurs du journal "LeMonde" : Veuillez observer "La nécessité d'une réforme monétaire" traduit en français par un de nos membres
Ole  Mackeprang. Svp cliquer ici.


The Great Need for Monetary Reform - a brief essay

Congressman Dennis Kucinich, 2008 Candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America addressed our 2006 and 2005 Conferences

WAMC's Dr. Allan Chartok Interviews Stephen Zarlenga (Audio & ipod)

Observations of the 1987 Stock Market Crash -
Why "hedge funds" do not add market liquidity when it is needed

 Please Donate to the American Monetary Institute

Here's why the AMI considers the Austrian School as monetarily illiterate and not having done their homework:

A Refutation of Menger's Theory of the Origin of Money

Click to view AMI upcoming Events Schedule

Speeches and Articles:
A Brief Monetary History of the United States

Is the Federal Reserve System part of the U.S. Government?

The Historic "Chicago Plan" for Monetay Reform
(S. Zarlenga speech at 2005 AMI Monetary Reform Conference) This Proposal came out of the University of Chicago (my Alma Mater) before it went over to the "Dark Side" with market worship!


The War of Private vs Public Control of Society's Money Power
The Order of Battle: Adam Smith vs. Aristotle
(S. Zarlenga's speech at the October 2004 Bromsgrove Conference)

Economics Has Become A Clandestine Religion
Speech given on our 2005 Southwest Tour through 8 states

Why Philosophers Should De-Certify Economics as a "Science"
Speech given at Radford University to the International Philosophers for Peace Conference, June, 2004

S. Zarlenga's speech at the TOES
(The Other Economic Summit, Brunswick, Georgia in Opposition to the G8 Summit at nearby Sea Island, June 10, 2004)

The Usury Problem Remains
(Talk to Lord Sudeley's Monday Club, Carlton House,
London, May 5, 2004)

Introduction to the Institute

 Stephen Zarlenga Interviewed by
Alistair McConnachie of Prosperity Magazine
June and July, 2004

 Please Donate to the American Monetary Institute

AMI Quarterly Bulletins
American Money Scene -Bulletin # 1 Dec. 2004
American Money Scene - Bulletin # 2; May 2005

American Money Scene - Bulletin # 3; January, 2006

American Money Scene - Bulletin# 4, April, 2007

Book Reviews on Monetary Topics

"Rights vs Privileges"  by Robert De Fremery,
reviewed by S. Zarlenga

"The Soul of Money" by Lynne Twist,
reviewed by Steven Walsh

"The Future of Money" by Bernard Lietaer,
reviewed by Dick Distelhorst

Internships and Volunteer Work

Previously Featured Essays:

Front Running Against Humanity in the Oil Markets
(posted 8/2/08)
Petro-Euros vs Petro-Dollars: The Real Cause of War in Iraq? (posted 8/6/03)
Henry George's Concept of Money (speech by S. Zarlenga, 8/22/2002)
Greenspan's Dilemma (3/31/2000)

Gold Newsletter Interview with S. Zarlenga (posted 8/15/2000)
(where Zarlenga says gold has bottomed at $272 per ounce)
 

Available Papers:

A Refutation of Menger's Theory of the Origin of Money

AMI "Deflation" or "Money Drought" Study

History of Money in America Audio Tape Series

*The Origins of Money Systems

*Rome's Bronze Money-Better than Gold

*Money and the Decline of Rome

*Money and the Constitutional Convention

*The European Central Bank and Monetary Union

Those with an asterisk* have been incorporated into Chapters of The Lost Science of Money book.


Report On Our Four Speaking Tours From February to June, 2004 (Presentations have been made in 31 more cities since then!)

Previous Essays and On-Line Book Reviews

A Brief History of Interest

IMF Bailout? No! IMF Buyout? Maybe.

Balanced Budget Amendment Stampede - Beware the Thundering Hooves by Stephen Zarlenga

"Its a Wonderful Life" by S. Zarlenga

AMI's Media Awards for Advancing Monetary Awareness
Charlie Rose Show; January 2,000
Rene Balcer's "Refuge" episode of Law And Order; May 1999.
Bill Maher's "Onlybank"; May 1998.
Hugh Downs' Odder than Oz; April 1998
Robert de Fremery Lifetime Achievement Award

1996 Nobel Prize Winner William Vickrey's Final Warning

"Budget Smudget"  by William Vickrey

Links to other sites on monetary history, monetary theory and monetary reform
 

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich
at the
2005 Monetary Reform Conference

 
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Dave Kelley
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Monetary Reform Conference




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