Interview With Author Sarel J Oberholster

 

 

1. What inspired you to write this book? Truth be told, my university training as an economist did not match the true reality of particularly the economic structuring of money, monetary systems, and payment structures. Most of my monetary training was closer to fairy tales at best, propagandistic at worst. Over many years, I stripped the veil of mystery covering money and central banking away and was horrified by the inherent dishonesty of something so revered. My book, written for the average intelligent person, explains this system of extreme exploitation and wealth redistribution away from everybody to mostly the political and corporate class with extreme devastation systemically visited upon the poor and the underdeveloped countries. An example is the system of targeted inflation (usually 2% pa) which harvests all economic progress and innovation for redistribution by the Central Banks to the systemically connected. I explain in in simple detail with parables to carry the narrative. The essence of economic progress is deflation, doing things cheaper and better than before. Central banks use money creation to simply take all that progress and hand it to the connected few. “Everybody” should enjoy deflation, lower prices, from progress yet “Everybody” suffers inflation, higher prices, after central banks are done with their magic. The fairy tale is that deflation causes unemployment and therefor central banks save to population from this calamity.   

2. What exactly is it about — and who is it written for? Its all about money and how “money” is used to steal wealth. I’m a free market orientated economist but a monetary system so patently engaging in wholesale theft from everybody can never be described as “free market”.  

3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book? I am hoping that by shining a light on this system in a way which is accessible to almost anybody will help readers to take steps to protect themselves and their wealth from this system. Perhaps it would help to encourage systemic reforms… The question is do you know where money comes from, and should you care? You should. Your financial wellbeing depends on it.  

4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design? Central Bankers are the masters and gods of the markets. Everybody wants to know what they will do next. Why is that? How is it that they wield such power? They have a license to manipulate the markets at will, how is that even permitted? The title and cover expose them for what they are.  

5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!? Write from your heart and tell the story you are compelled to write. Stay with it until it is done.  

6. What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? Books are like food to the intelligent mind. We will all read for as long as we have an inquisitive mind. A world without books will starve. I know I will.  

7. Were there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? I became a financial engineer by calling with a knack for stripping any system down to its operative parts and understanding the functional purpose of each component. Then, using these basic building blocks to create something different purpose built to achieve targeted objectives. Musicians can see the music, feel it, live it, consume it, and create with it. I “see” systems and understand their inherent design purpose at a rational and intuitive level. Applying this insight to the monetary system initiated the journey which led to me writing the book.  

8. How would you describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to? I have developed my own style by writing articles. I deliberately write with directness and frankness, not shying away from calling a spade a spade. My focus is to take that which I see in abstract complicated systems and communicate my message in a comprehensible, usually parable, manner accessible to everybody.  

9. What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book? Money is shrouded is mystery on purpose. The monetary systems are often very complex. Lifting the core truths from the systems in a manner which makes them visible and comprehensible to everybody kept me awake many nights. Explaining the evolution of theft by coin debasement practiced by the Roman Empire to the theft by unbridled money creation done by modern central banks anchored in the same objectives in a system which at its heart has remained true to the same principles for more than 2000 years, tested me on every page of the book. No boring science but a vivid tale of exploitation in a system controlled at the apex of the global economy.    

10. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours? We use money every day. Buy groceries, fast food, music, books, but do we pause to ask where did the money come from? Why do we accept it? Why do we believe in it? Most people just accept money as if it is oxygen. We do not question oxygen, why question money? We will be very concerned if our oxygen is polluted. Money is not neutral and is being polluted every minute of every day. Buy my book and understand why money pollution is as devastating to your financial health as oxygen pollution is devastating to your physical health.  

About The Author: College professor and published author currently calling California home. I share my life with my supportive husband, cherished child, and a menagerie of opinionated pets. My co-author dog prefers snoozing over typing, but my two outspoken cats have plenty to say. When I'm not engrossed in my fantastical worlds, you'll find me devouring books, jotting down my next fantasy idea, indulging in anime, exploring hiking trails, pedaling through bike routes, battling an occasional dragon, or soaking in the breathtaking vistas of Yosemite National Park. For more info, please see: Silver River Publish | epic fantasy  

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