I just finished a book entitled ‘The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System and How We Can Break Free’ by Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D., and I have to say that I highly recommend anybody who wishes to learn about world economics, the history of money, our U.S. monetary system, our economy, the markets, etc. to read this book. I have yet to come across a book that explains so much (literally jammed so much information that it hurt to read) but could still provide a fantastic introduction to the study of economics and money.
The book covers the history of world money and financial systems, with an obvious emphasis on the United States and how we impact other nations and vice versa. It covers the Founding Fathers’ differing and controversial ideals on government and money and how they came together to create a system that could be less corrupt and taken advantage of – a system based on honesty, equality, and prosperity. Our system has been hijacked by elitists and bankers and we need to take our system back before they bring about the destruction of the U.S. and world economies.
The book covers the varying financial philosophies from the American System, the British system, as well as other systems; Keynesian economics and the ideas of Friedman; central banks and government planning; and laissez-faire, open-free markets. It discusses the pros and cons of the Federal Reserve and how our debt-economy is a giant bubble, no different from the housing and financial bubbles that pop every couple of decades. Find out the major differences and similarities between the dollar, gold and silver coins, a broken stick, and the bonds and IOUs our banks are full of, courtesy of the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve.
How is money created? What is the intended function of a bank and what do our banks do today? Exactly what is the Federal Reserve and who runs it? Is there really a shadow government pulling the strings behind a curtain of deceit and fraud? Does that old saying “Money is power” really have any merit to it? What of the New World Order? Who profits from war, famine, genocide, and collapsing economies?
Find out exactly who runs the show in our beautiful republic, who makes our valued money, what our money is worth, and ultimately how we can rid ourselves of these radical and dead ideas of debt-money, deficit spending, inflation, International Monetary Funds, and market soars and crashes. Find out for yourself and take a close look at what is going on inside our country and in our world economy, from the perspective of “everyone is right and everyone is wrong, now let’s take a step back.” Find out what L. Frank Baum was talking about when he wrote his timeless classic ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.’ See the truth behind the metaphors of yellow brick roads, Emerald Cities, Wizards of Oz, and what ultimately showed the Cowardly Lion that he had courage all along, and Scarecrow that he had a brain, and the Tin Woodman that he had a heart.
-- Cody M. Buckmann 3 FEB 2010
