Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System and How We Can Break Free (Revised and Updated)

by Ellen Hodgson Brown
Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System and How We Can Break Free (Revised and Updated)
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January 31st 2008 (first published 2007) by Third Millennium Press

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Paperback, 524 pages

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0979560810    (isbn13: 9780979560811)

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EXPLODING THE MYTHS ABOUT MONEY Our money system is not what we have been led to believe. The creation of money has been "privatized," or...more




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Joel.
04/18/09
Joel. rated it: 1 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0979560802)

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This is an excellent book to read if you want misleading, incomplete and confusing information regarding this history of banking and finance.
Her core argument is that a fractional reserve banking system is dangerous and that the federal reserve system in the United States does not operate in the best interests of the citizenry - topics that could be effectively argued. But the author fails miserably in this poorly researched, confusingly-argued screed.
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Doni Tamblyn
Let me make my position clear. Never schooled in finance myself, I am admittedly not someone whose opinion you want to rely on in this matter. Nonetheless, I am offering it. My key point: Since its 2007 publication, MANY OF THE ALARMING ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS IN THIS BOOK HAVE ALREADY COME TO PASS, EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED.

I do NOT suggest here that Ms. Brown is a prophet -- virtually everything in her book is drawn from other sources (and scrupulously cited) -- but simply that she has got...more
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05/16/09
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There is a huge flaw in the world we live in and almost no-one talks about it. This book explains the monetary and banking system that enslaves us. In depth view to the history of banking, how we got to this point and what should we do about it.

One of those books everyone should read.
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Angie
02/18/09
Angie rated it: 3 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0979560802)

Read in December, 2008
Interesting book but the I am not sure I believe everything the author says. She is somewhat of a conspiracy theorist but she does make some good points.
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11/05/08
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Essential book for understanding our monetary system, how we got here, and how to get out of it. Love it!
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11/10/08
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Very interesting so far. A lot of the information presented is contained in the movie zeitgeist addendum
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