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Through a structured sequence of chapters—from gold and early paper money to the Federal Reserve, taxation, depressions, and modern derivatives—the text argues that debt mechanisms can entangle societies globally. It also explores strategies for regaining monetary power, including community currencies and debates around gold and greenbacks.","WEB OF DEBT  \nThe Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free  \nThird Edition Revised and Expanded  \nELLEN HODGSON BROWN, J.D.  \nThird Millennium Press Baton Rouge, Louisiana  \nCopyright © 2007, 2008  \nEllen Hodgson Brown  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher.  \nFirst edition July 2007  \nISBN 978-0-9795608-0-4  \nSecond edition revised and updated February 2008  \nISBN 978-0-9795608-1-1  \nThird edition revised and expanded March 2008  \nISBN 978-0-9795608-2-8  \nCover art by David Dees  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number 2008900963 Includes bibliographic references, glossary and index.  \nSubject headings:  \nBanks and banking – United States.  \nDebt – United States.  \nDeveloping countries – Economic policy.  \nFederal Reserve banks – History.  \nFinancial crises — United States.  \nImperialism – History – 20th century.  \nGreenbacks — History.  \nMonetary policy.  \nMoney – History.  \nUnited States — Economic policy.  \nPublished by Third Millennium Press Baton Rouge, Louisiana  \n[www.webofdebt.com](www.webofdebt.com)  \n800-891-0390  \nPrinted in Malaysia  \nISBN 978-0-9795608-2-8  \nii    \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgments ............................................................................... ix  \nFOREWORD by Reed Simpson, Banker and Developer.............. xi  \nINTRODUCTION: Captured by the Debt Spider ....................... 1  \nSection I THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD:  \nFROM GOLD TO FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES ....... 9  \nChapter  \n1 Lessons from The Wizard of Oz...................................... 11  \n2 Behind the Curtain: The Federal Reserve and the Federal Debt ............................................................. 23  \n3 Experiments in Utopia: Colonial Paper Money as Legal Tender ...................................................................... 35  \n4 How the Government Was Persuaded to Borrow Its Own Money ...................................................................... 47  \n5 From Matriarchies of Abundance to Patriarchies of Debt ............................................................... 57  \n6 Pulling the Strings of the King:  \nThe Moneylenders Take England ....................................... 65  \n7 While Congress Dozes in the Poppy Fields: Jefferson and Jackson Sound the Alarm .......................... 75  \n8 Scarecrow with a Brain:  \nLincoln Foils the Bankers ..................................................... 83  \n9 Lincoln Loses the Battle with the Masters of European Finance ............................................................. 91  \n10 The Great Humbug: The Gold Standard and the Straw Man of Inflation .......................................... 97  \n  iii  \nSection II THE BANKERS CAPTURE THE MONEY MACHINE........................................ 105  \n11 No Place Like Home:  \nFighting for the Family Farm ........................................ 107  \n12 Talking Heads and Invisible Hands:  \nThe Secret Government ..................................................... 115  \n13 Witches’ Coven: The Jekyll Island Affair and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 .............................. 123  \n14 Harnessing the Lion: The Federal Income Tax ............. 133  \n15 Reaping the Whirlwind: The Great Depression ........... 141  \n16 Oiling the Rusted Joints of the Economy: Roosevelt, Keynes and the New Deal ............................. 151  \n17 Wright Patman Exposes the Money Machine .............. 161  \n18 A Look Inside the Fed’s Playbook:  \n“Modern Money Mechanics”........................................... 171  \n19 Bear Raids and Short Sales:  \nDevouring Capital Markets .............................................. 181  \n20 Hedge Funds and Derivatives:  \nA Horse of a Different Color ............................................ 191  \nSection III ENSLAVED BY DEBT:  \nTHE BANKERS’ NET SPREADS OVER THE GLOBE ..........","cbCaipiQAfiDwAOC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipiQAfiDwAOC","pdf",2269952,3,1,545,"English","en",105,"# Acknowledgments\n# Foreword\n# 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