Operation Bernhard

History is full of interesting stories. Here's one I just heard about: Operation Bernhard. Turns out that the Nazis tried to counterfeit British pounds and flood Britain with them during World War II in an attempt to destabilize the British economy. Not sure how successful it was, but the point is that this is something that is known to harm an economy. More importantly, I don't know why we tolerate our own governments doing this to us. I guess it's bad when Nazis do it but okay when your own Federal Reserve does it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard

http://www.detecting.org.uk/html/Operation_Bernhard_Metal_Detecting_Treasure_Hunting.html