Pre-Orders Open Today for “The Captured Republic: How Wall Street’s Banking Cartel Strangled Democracy—and Set Up the Next Crash”

Fortis Novum Mundum is proud to announce that the forthcoming book “The Captured Republic”—a sweeping investigation into four decades of unchecked financial power—goes on pre-order nationwide today through all major retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Apple Books). Publication is slated for Independence Day, July 4, 2025, underscoring the book’s central message: democracy itself is at stake when megabanks write the rules.

“The Captured Republic” traces how Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and their peers dismantled New-Deal guardrails, manipulated global benchmarks, and converted taxpayer rescues into even greater market dominance—while executives escaped meaningful prosecution. Drawing on sealed court records, whistle-blower archives, and congressional investigations, the book argues that another crisis is “pre-programmed” unless structural reforms—and real criminal liability—are enacted soon.

From the deliberate dismantling of mid-century firewalls like Glass-Steagall to the rise of $50 trillion in opaque derivatives, “The Captured Republic” chronicles how each crisis—from the savings-and-loan bailouts to the subprime meltdown—has only deepened Wall Street’s grip on democracy. Yet, far from being a story of despair, the book concludes with concrete, actionable reforms aimed at restoring accountability, breaking up megabanks, and reviving the principles of fairness and justice in our financial system.

Alongside pre-orders, the author and a coalition of consumer-advocacy groups today launched a nationwide petition—“Reclaim Our Financial System: Hold Wall Street Accountable and Restore Democracy”—calling on Congress to:

1. Reinstate functional Glass-Steagall walls;
2. Impose size caps on bank liabilities;
3. End deferred-prosecution agreements for repeat corporate felons;
4. Establish claw-back and jail-time provisions for executives who override risk controls.
   
   

Sign the petition here → https://chng.it/HkZfJKXYKM

“The Captured Republic” will hit shelves on July 4th, 2025, symbolizing independence—not just from tyranny but from unchecked corporate power. Don’t miss your chance to read the definitive account of how Wall Street captured America’s economy and what we must do to take it back.

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