128 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY • The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century by James R. Norman Read this book and listen to our interviews with the Jim Norman. You will not understand the role of energy in our economy until you do. • Unbalanced: The Codependency of Amer- ica and China by Stephen Roach This is my top pick for understanding the US-China economic relationship and the rebalancing of the global economy. • Black Money by Michael Thomas: When I called Bill Hamilton to talk to him about the relationship of PROMIS software to mort- gage fraud, he told me to read Black Money and call him back. This is a fiction beach reading introduction to how digital systems turbocharged fraud and money laundering. • Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin: A look into the machinations of the Federal Reserve and its political and economic impacts. GEOPOLITICS • Trading with the Enemy: An Expose of the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949 by Charles Higham: I keep recommending Higham’s well-researched history of WWII as it does a remarkable job of helping subscribers understand the real governance system run- ning our planet. • IBM and the Holocaust: the Strategic Al- liance between Nazi Germany and Ameri- ca’s Most Powerful Corporation by Edwin Black: Black’s investigative thriller of IBM’s critical role serving Nazi Germany throughout the war provides more insight into the real governance system running our planet. • Hess and the Penguins: The Holocaust, Antarctica and the Strange Case of Rudolf Hess by Dr. Joseph P. Farrell: This is the most recent in Dr. Farrell’s series on the Nazis. Sit down and read Dr. Farrell’s entire Nazi series if you want to understand how strange things really are. • The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Gov- ernment by David Talbot: Talbot has written the best book about the Kennedy assassina- tion to date. He nails those responsible while weaving a fascinating story of American his- tory. If you want to understand the US “deep state,” this is not to be missed. • Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace by Peter Janney: Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, Mary’s Mosaic is an essential read – not just to understand the Kennedy years and the Kennedy assassination but also to understand how America became a prisoner of its intelligence and black budget complex. • Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse Of Global Transformation by Patrick Woods: Technology is being used to centralize con- trol. Woods provides significant documen- tation that makes the invisible shift in power visible. • The Essential Saker II: Civilizational Choices and Geopolitics: The Russian chal- lenge to the Hegemony of the Anglo Zion- ist Empire: The Saker’s new selection of his writings is an outstanding way of understand- ing the transformation to a multipolar world. • The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward Baptist: You can’t understand slavery until you understand how profitable it is and the conditions that made it possible to exist and to outlaw. Let’s keep it that way. THE COVERT SIDE • Under an Ionized Sky: From Chemtrails to Space Fence Lockdown by Elana Freeland. Foreward by Clifford Carnicom: Freeland documents who controls the most powerful secret technology and is using it to reengineer everything – from war to our DNA. This is an essential read for understanding the real VIII. BEST BOOKS FOR 2017