It seems to me we get these "sky is falling" cries every so often. Oil and real estate speculation by greedy Jewish bankers is often blamed. The speculators invariably are the same plutocratic elites Chomsky goes on about and are refered to in Osborn's link:
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In a Thanksgiving 1910 secret meeting on Jekyll Island, Georgia, the establishment's leaders met and agreed to the plan. The system was not fully enabled until the passage of the Banking Act of 1933, the precipitous passage of which was overseen by FDR's treasury secretary William Woodin and an armada of private bankers (more on this shortly).
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Any harms resulting from this speculation is anticipated (by folks like the odd "innovist" who created the site) will be borne by the overburdened unwashed masses who don't have the wherewithall to speculate much at all.