The institute is dedicated to
monetary reform and advocates taking control of the monetary system out of the hands of
banks and placing it into the hands of the
US Treasury. Zarlenga argues that this would mean money would be issued by government
interest free and spent into circulation to promote the general welfare, and that substantial expenditures on infrastructure, including human infrastructure (education and health care) would become the predominant method of putting new money into circulation. To finally correct the money-creation ceded to private banks by Congress in 1913 through the creation of the
Federal Reserve system, Congress could enact the Monetary Reform Act long proposed and vetted by seasoned market veterans of the American Monetary Institute. ==See also==