The Wizard of Oz and Money and Banking

Executive Summary

• The Wizard of Oz was written to hide banking commentary.

Introduction

The Wizard of Oz is a veiled critique of private banking interests written in 1900. The parallels between the characters and the story of The Wizard of Oz are explained in the following quote. “Byran and many other Greenbackers (monetary reformers supporting the use of debt-free US Notes like Lincoln’s Greenbacks to increase the money supply and thereby end the depression then) shifted their tactics to the promotion of adding silver to the lawful coinage of America (i.e., to promoting a bi-metallic standard rather than the theoretically purer, fiat Greenbacks) when they realized they could thereby gain the backing of the powerful silver mining interests and still increase the money supply (without debt) to more than just gold. Silver thus became a symbol of overcoming a purely gold standard with the limited money supply and banker control. Hence the silver slippers were essential in the book, as the silver coin was in reality.” – The Money Masters

Source: The Money Masters

http://www.themoneymasters.com/

This is another explanation in a similar vein.

The Scarecrow depicts the farmers who lack the brains to challenge the gold standard, while the Tin Man represents the industrial workers and specifically, steel workers, who do not have the heart to stand with the farmers against the moneyed centers. The Cowardly Lion depicts the political classes who lack the courage to intervene. Even the winged monkeys represent the dangers the Native Americans posed to the western expansionists. The cyclone itself portends revolution, and of course Oz symbolizes the standard measurement for gold, the ounce (oz).

Source: How the Other Half Banks

https://www.amazon.com/How-Other-Half-Banks-Exploitation/dp/0674286065