by Ellen Hodgson Brown
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Book Description
This book exposes important, often obscured truths about our money system and our economic past and future. Our money is not what we have been led to believe. The creation of money has been privatized -- taken over by a private money cartel. It is all done by sleight of hand, concealed by economic double-speak. "Web of Debt" unravels the deception and presents a crystal clear picture of the financial abyss towards which we are heading, pointing out all the signposts. Then it explores a workable alternative, one that was tested in colonial America and is grounded in the best of American economic thought, including the writings of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. If you care about financial security, your own or the nation's, you should read this book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
It's Hard to Find Enough Superlatives..., 2008-07-01
Could be the most important book you will ever read. At least this is the one that could save our nation from financial and economic ruin. I'd say that makes it important.
I've been studying this subject for years, and have been planning to write a book or two on the subject myself. Only every time I've gotten deeply into the research, I've found that someone has already written an excellent book covering the same material. This happened with Rothbard's "A Case Against the Fed", Griffin's "The Creature from Jekyll Island", Korten's "When Corporations Rule the World", Quigley's "Tragedy and Hope", Sutton, Engdahl, Skousen, and many others. I had thought the best book on the subject had been written by Stephen Zarlenga with "The Lost Science of Money" and have attended his American Monetary Institute conferences. But Ellen Brown's book tops them all!
I can't count the times I had to lay the book down and wonder how someone so recently introduced to the subject could become so astute in so many areas so quickly. She must have a brilliant mind, because I was simply dazzled by her comprehension and ability to put complex ideas into simple sterms.
What an amazing accomplishment!
Just buy it! Or buy several and give them to those you love. This book has the power to change the world for the better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Absolutely breathtaking and by far, the best book I read this year., 2008-06-30
Reading this book is like discovering "the matrix" and following the white rabbit down the rabbit hole to its end. This book explains it all in terms of our "fiat" monetary system- it origins in the Netherlands, working its way through England, and finally ending up in our shores here in the USA. It goes into detail explaining how the monetary system works in this country via the Federal Reserve System (FED) and the private banks. What some might be surprised to find out is that the FED isn't so federal. Instead, it is run by a private banking cartel doing whatever it can to ensure its interest and in our present day, its very own survival. The book has a hopeful ending to the current credit crisis and presents a few ideas for the reformation of the monetary system that include putting the creation of money back in the hands of congress again and issuing "debt-free" greenbacks and silver/gold coins or a multi- commodity backed world currency in various forms so we are not indebted to banks and private lenders anymore. Basically put, the current system does not work and is on the verge of collapse due to its inherent flaws of issuing debt based currency "out of thin air". That along with the fall out of the credit crisis, derivatives market, i.e., CDS's and CDO's, high payments for interest on the national debt, the increased selling of dollars in the international market, and high inflation, all spell doom for the banks as they exist today. THis book is absolutely stunning and incredibly easy to understand. This is the one book you do not want to go unread. Highly highly recommended for all Americans. This is definitely one of the most important books I have read in my life time and it is one that simply cannot go untouched or discussed. I'd give this book a 6+ stars if it were available.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
The truth, the whole stunning truth, and nothing but..., 2008-06-21
I started reading this book because it has become obvious that something is terribly wrong with the economy of this country, and maybe the world... that all is not as it seems. I, like many others I've spoken to, almost intuitively sense that we are nearing some kind of crisis or disastrous apex. At first, it was the fantastic cover caught my eye. Then, from the first page on, I was led through a combination history lesson, mystery, and finally, crime novel that held my attention while it opened "the books" on the entire system that has brought us to this point. Where the ponzi scheme runs out of bubbles and newsuckers, and we must now face the consequences... toss the villains, weather the storm, and get to the business of constructing a banking and monetary system that "frees", rather than entraps us.
What is predicted in this book has come to pass this year. And thanks to it, I now understand the game. I won't settle for the bailouts and bandaids being offered currently to reimburse the perpetrators. All being done to keep a bad system and a banking elite in power for just a wee bit longer, or for well meaning solutions that put us back into the same trap until we make fundamental changes. Anyone who reads Web of Debt will be qualified to take part in the decisions and debates that the current economic collapse will force us to engage in. You will now be qualified and among those leading us back to Kansas, and out of this economic dark age of financial serfdom.
This book is breathtakingly in scope and insight, yet extremely readable. I have other books on finance, but they are so dense that I confess that I only got the basic gist of the subject, before shelving them for future reference. Web of Debt is not only more thorough than any work I have seen or read on the subject of the money creation scheme we call, grimly, our economy (and certainly more up to date); it is, by far, the most readable and fascinating for any citizen or layperson to "get it." I've never felt more comfortable with this subject, and never dreamed I would have such an easy to understand and comprehensive guide to helm my journey further into it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Money unraveled, 2008-06-20
Excellent book on the beginnings of money. Excellent explanation of money as DEBT (system we have now) as opposed to money as a MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE (what it *should* be). The ending gets a bit laborious in introducing alternatives to the current systems which are, to be generous, unfeasible. Would've been better to map out a feasible way to get out of the current mess. However, excellent analysis of the current situation.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Complicated but compelling, 2008-06-14
Web of Debt is a very heady look at the world money system. Ellen Brown takes the reader on a very detailed and insightful journey into the history of money, not just for the US, but for the entire globe. The author reveals a very deeply corrupt system where money is created out of thin air for the benefit of private banking organizations, leaving a trail of indebtedness in their wake.
The text is very detailed and at times seems repetitive and perhaps a bit technical for the average reader. It is much like opening Pandora's box. The reader learns all this insightful information about a corrupt institution that is oppressing progress for the entire globe, but may feel completely helpless to do anything about it. But even so, ignorance isn't always bliss.
I could have gone as high as 4 stars on this title, because the book is very well written, with good research and well supported facts, but it is a long book and as I said above, it is very detailed. This isn't a title you'll pound out in a weekend.
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