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Ellen Hodgson Brown

Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System -- The Sleight of Hand That Has Trapped Us in Debt and How We Can Break Free Paperback – July 25, 2007

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This is a book about power and about an extraordinarily wealthy elite that has wielded unprecedented power, not for the good, but rather for the enhancement of their own private position. The book tracks the evolution of the power amassed by a tiny group of men who have regarded themselves, quite literally, as gods-the Gods of Money. Their agenda has included assassinations of two of America's most popular presidents; involvement of the United States against the public will in two world wars; and detonation of the world's most destructive weapon, the atomic bomb, on Japanese civilians. It has included scores of regional wars, political assassinations, coups, and systematic corruption of the body politic. The book reveals how this powerful elite has systematically set out to literally control the entire world, backed by the most powerful military force the world has ever seen.

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524 pages
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English
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Third Millennium Press
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July 25, 2007
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6 x 1 x 9 inches
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0979560802
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978-0979560804
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Ellen Brown has applied her training as a litigating attorney, researcher and writer to the monetary field, unearthing facts that even the majority of banking and financial experts ignore: ranging from the privatization of money creation, to the Plunge Protection Team, to the Federal Reserve's "Helicopter Money." Read it; you'll get information you need in order to understand what is going on in our financial markets today.
- Bernard Lietaer, former European central banker, author of "The Future of Money" and "Of Human Wealth"

Literacy on the topic of money is at an all-time low. This book is tremendously important not only in its presentation, but by drawing attention to an age-old topic that should have a major presence in the public mind.
- Benjamin Gisin, Author of "Farmers and Ranchers Guide to Credit," publisher of "Touch the Soil" magazine, and a senior loan officer for a top 10 bank

About the Author

F. William Engdahl is author of the international best-selling book on oil and geopolitics, A Century of War: Anglo-American Politics and the New World Order. He is an analyst of current political and economic developments whose articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines and well-known international websites. His book, 'Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda Behind Genetic Manipulation,' deals with agribusiness and the attempt to control world food supply and thereby populations. His recent book, Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order deals with the Pentagon agenda of global hegemony in the post-Cold War era. He may be reached at his website, www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Third Millennium Press; 2007th edition (July 25, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 524 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0979560802
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0979560804
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

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ZyPhReX

An Encyclopeadia-Like History Of Finance & Its Nefarious Components

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2016

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“The real truth of the matter is that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D., is author of the recently published Public Banking Solution, but also the incisive and well documented The Web Of Debt – The Shocking Truth About Our Money System And How We Can Break Free. Her latter work is what will be covered lightly here.

For most of the modern world, money has been a staple of everyday life. A great deal of our daily functions revolve around this much used, but poorly understood economic tool.

In recent years, the monetary system has grown to untold levels. With the dollar losing value year after year, student loan debts reaching preposterous levels, and debt itself growing unabated in many different sectors of finance, it’s no wonder that the ‘too-big-too-fail’ economic system has its issues.

This is not to say a collapse is imminent as many alternative media pundits espouse. In fact, am more of the mind that what we are in fact in is what has been called a ‘controlled descent” by former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Catherine Austin Fitts.

Getting back on track, many of the above issues stem from our inherent corrupt monetary system. However, what this book does not cover is how the black-budget has been leeching money from the public sector, and transferring by the trillions [according to Ms. Fitts] to the black sector.

The modern birth of this [public] financial control grid is covered in extensive and mind-blowing detail in Brown’s Web Of Debt book. [Note: For a deeper analysis into the covert side of the off-the-books financial control grid, please take a gander at Joseph P. Farrell’s Covert Wars And Breakaway Civilizations – The Secret Space Program, Celestial Psyops and Hidden Conflicts.]

Pulling no punches, this historic piece has got gall. Not afraid to name names, and branching through centuries of historical data, Brown’s work showcases what the financial, political, and elite minds of these times were pondering.

This particular piece also offers data/ideas on some of the vital issues we face and how we might overcome said issues.

From the inception to the private, and heinous Federal Reserve, up to current times, the reader will get ample evidence of the financial mishaps/crimes that are taking place. This is important, because much of the populace is unaware of these dealings.

If you wish to know the truth about our financial monetary system, the truth about its wide-ranging and sinister history, and ways in which to enrich your knowledge on this esoteric subject, then this book is definitely for you.

Kindest Regards,
Zy Marquiez

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Thoughtworks

Our Economy Explained

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018

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I have read, and will be reading many more, books on economics and money, in attempt to understand how a few people hijacked our democracy, and in the process have enslaved almost the entire populace. Hudson's Killing the Host, Mazzucato's The Value of Everything, Graeber's Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Foroohar's Makers and Takers, are all absolutely wonderful...but this book....is the most illuminating. And that is comparing to some really wonderful explanations of our economic troubles. Every member of our society should be armed with the knowledge within this book.

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GA Seydack

Rather ignorance about the money system

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019

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The author has collected a wide range of opinions by an imposing number of opinionistas about the money system, and presents them from some interesting perspectives. To pit my opinion up against those reflected in the book: they substantially reflect a poor understanding about the nature of money and the machinations of the cabal of politicians and high finance, which are the actual root of the problems with our money system. In short - this book presents high idealism unsupported by realism. To all idealists, this advice (Karl Marx would have done well to have taken this advice, too): absorb the lessons to be learnt from a thoughtful study of Charles Darwin’s works ‘On the Origin of Species’ and ‘The Decent of Man’.

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Mitylene Kuc

A Double Entry Rainbow

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2014

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Web of Debt by Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D.

Federal Reserve Banking, a double entry phenomia, a game of Russian Rulet played with fiat money, tax money, other peoples money and other countries monetary systems through the IMF International Monetary Fund. Inflation on principal and interest for supply and demand particularly internationally for oil and war supplies. People cannot afford the interest now on houses, financed household goods, to cars and business necessities. Banks when lending for housing or businesses calculate foregoing tax, and G.S.T., and on going interest. Due to inflation on interest rates many companies are folding.

The Federal Reserve 1 oz of gold and the wizard turning it out of 'thin air' into $10,000.00 fractional reserve there should be a statue in Disneyland attributed to the pioneering bank "Robber Barons".

The history of American banking:

Bonds - exchange for goods, money or gold.
Greenbacks - no interest on government notes
Bancor - no interest on government notes.
Euro - depreciated money (Europe).

Stocks and shares on the stockmarket for a short time during bull markets then withdrawn this done on a grand scale weathers the companies profitabilities and effects the long term economy. The fiat dollar loaned out from the Federal Reserve through the IMF especially debt in other countries for agriculture, housing and business purposes created from 'thin air' can cause during periods of inflation dramatic changes that of liquidation, bankruptcy and poverty. The fiat dollar has no gold value. The Federal Reserve is an accounting-entry phenomenia of lending out fiat money, the principal plus the interest subject to inflation, money created out of 'thin air' a computerized figure when in fact they did not have this money to lend. Because so many companies have gone bust taking their money with them there is small chance of the IMF getting their money back which means the IMF is indebt to itself Rockefeller and P.J. Morgan the banks financiers. The old Greenback without interest would be more humane - it is a case of the value of life vs the dollar.

Ellen - your book is about value, the value of man vs the value of money particularly appreciation of the dollar, the fiat dollar (let it be done) accompanied with inflation and interest rates that have more value than gold - its a human rights issue. A points system of exchange would be more humane then everybody could join in for even the meek and poor have their story to tell for example Charles Dickens. Fiat money, loaning out the dollar against the gold value although the fiat dollar has no value against the value of gold.

Who is responsible for the National Debt? The Federal Reserve created in 1913 for lending out money with interest is a separate entity to that of the United States of Americas government. The government is for the people and their welfare as everyday citizens. Where the Federal Reserve is a banking system for entrepreneurs business people, people of ambition with ambitious projects, lending out money in the way of interest for example when buying a home or starting a business. The govermnent is more concerned with public facility agencies particularly that of tax. The Federal Reserve Banking system was founded by Rockeffer and P.J. Morgan who now lend money through the IMF International Monetary Fund in later years the IAF has coined the same idea the International Asian Fund their interest rates and terms and conditions are quite competitive to that of the International Monetary Fund. The International Asian Fund have successfully paid their debt and are able to cope by turning out twice as much production for twice as less dollars. The International Asian Fund is now in a position where it is lending money to the IMF International Monetary Fund this is where their problem is! The IMF otherwise known as the Federal Reserve has loaned out money to many businesses especiallly those in different countries and because they did not repay the loan due to circumstances inflation, outbreak of war where that country is indebt and the IMF takes a financial nose dive in revenue. China the IAF International Asian Fund is annoyed they have not received their loans back because the IMF International Monetary Fund spends a lot of money on self defense procedures protecting the interests of the veterans at war. The debt owed to the IMF is a long winded rainbow subject to inflation it is expected to form a 'bubble of hyperinflation' that will effect the U.S. economy badly in so much as firms liquidating, foreclosures of businesses and bankruptcies including banks. Because of the nature of the IMF with foreign expenditure it is thought that the money decisions would be better made if they were made by the government treasury department in that they would benefit the people of America more - particularly less wars, buying up foreign land for the exploitation of oil in pursuit of resolving the National Debt.

Mitylene Kuc

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John Zwiebel

Money is just an abstraction. It only exists because we believe it exists.

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021

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This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand money. Congress always asks, "How you gonna pay for it?" This book explains that if Congress builds it, the money is created out of thin air. I know this sounds counter intuitive but there is no intrinsic value in money -- it is just paper. Now the "next thing" is suppose to be bitcoin. Seriously, how is a prime number stored on some computer somewhere valuable?

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jack the tripper

Great source of knowledge about the financial system of the world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2019

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Fantastic journey thought world of money and economy. It shows one of the fundamental problems, that people don’t know about financial aspects of our lives and don’t see how these things effect our wellbeing. Letting financial gamblers to decide about our financial state is like going on vacation and leaving our house open knowing there are thieves around. Hence knowledge from that kind of books is absolutely vital.

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Jim

5th Edition versus 4th Edition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2012

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This book makes a very important contribution to understanding the mess the world is in and what to do about it. Contrary to the impression given by a one star reviewer below, this book is not primarily about economics, but finance. There is a difference! For a start, most mainstream economists have little interest in money and debt, where it comes from and who controls it. Money has no place in their other-worldly theories. Meanwhile, back on the planet it is just plain old commonsense that money makes the world go around; it represents power, and those who control the money thereby control the world (Kissinger said something along those lines). So Ellen Brown's seminal work goes to the heart of the matter. Five stars.

Now to the point of this review, which is not so much a reflection on the substance of this work, as a heads up regarding the new 5th (January 2012) Edition. A university librarian once told me that publishers generally only bring out a new edition of a work if there is at least 10% new content. That is not the case with the latest `Web of Debt'. I have not been able to discern any difference at all between the new edition and the previous 4th (March 2010) edition. The covers and blurb are the same, the chapter headings, the total number of pages and the pagination are the same. Even the `Author's Note to the Fifth Revised Edition' is a word for word copy of the `Author's Note to the Fourth Revised Edition'. It may be that if I read through the entire 544 pages of both editions in tandem, I might find some subtle revision or correction. Which I suspect is unlikely to be anything significant enough to shell out for. Do correct me if I am wrong!

I got my new copy to keep abreast of Ellen Brown's latest thinking in this area, but I was disappointed by this apparently pointless new edition. Yet it wasn't really a waste of cash - now I can help spread the word by passing one on. Either one -they're equally relevant.

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derekBates

'Web of Debt' inspires 'Agenda for the Future'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2018

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In 'Web of Debt' Ellen Brown gives a remarkable insight into the dominant hold banking has on business, politics, finance and society. She highlights actions we could take which would release governments from the strictures of banking and thereby use money more effectively to benefit us all. This book stimulated 'Agenda for the Future' written by Derek Bates, along with other economists, which deals with reform of capitalism, politics and a more constructive use of money.

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StraightPoint

Easy read but stunning - your perception of the world will change forever

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2020

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This is an easy read and covers many interesting points, none of them boring or mundane banking issues - it is a stunning revelation.

Before this book politicians and economists did not know what they now pretend they knew all along!

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James Skinner

This is an invaluable historical account of the ongoing battle ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2015

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This is an invaluable historical account of the ongoing battle between those who control the monetary system and the relatively small number of people who actually understand the monetary system and struggle to reform it. It reveals the close connection between the current monetary regime and the systematic destruction of the human habitat, carried out by those who put short-term profit first. The book is absolutely essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the present economic system, based on infinite growth. It goes to the root of the problem and shows how essential it is to reform our monetary system and the enormous benefits this would bring, not least in tackling inequality and poverty.

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