Ellen Brown's Historical Errors
Ellen Brown's book, The Web of Debt, contains numerous historical errors. Chapter after chapter contains one or more bogus quotations. I survey these errors in this subdepartment of Ellen Brown vs. Gold.
I have a Ph.D. in history. I can say in confidence that Ms. Brown should have had someone with training in history edit her manuscript. The Web of Debt would have been a much shorter book.
You can verify what I write about here in the free online version of the book that Google Books has posted. Access it here.
When you see something this improbable, check the original source. Lawyer Brown did not bother. No such source exists.... keep reading
Ellen Brown says that Jefferson favored paper money. The opposite was the case. Jefferson was a gold and silver coin advocate. He opposed all unbacked paper money.... keep reading
Ellen Brown prmotes a favorite myth of the Greenbackers. She ignores Lincoln's favoritism of the banks and his opposition to the Greenbacks.... keep reading
This sounds like "something for nothing" to me. How about you?... keep reading
Once again, Ellen Brown has passed along a whopper. And it sounded so authentic! (Actually, it didn't.)... keep reading
Ellen Brown, a lawyer, plays a lawyer's trick of hiding evidence from the jury: her readers. I caught her. That's always the risk with this tactic.... keep reading
This is standard practice for Ellen Brown. It has now backfired. Here is another whopper.... keep reading
Ellen Brown sees a distinction between the "Christian Bible" and the "Jewish Bible."... keep reading
Ellen Brown praises China's experiment in fiat money. She ignores the facts. Fiat money led to hyperinflation.... keep reading
Ellen Brown spins a yarn about wooden money in England. As they say, "Don't take any wooden nickels."... keep reading
Ellen Brown provides lots of bogus quotations. This one is a famous one.... keep reading
Ellen Brown loves to use bogus quotations to make her points. This one is a well-known fake.... keep reading
Ellen Brown failed to look at a simple timeline of history. Jefferson did not fight the First Bank, and Jackson fought its successor.... keep reading
Ellen Brown believes that centralizing the power of the Federal government, 1861-65, made America far richer.... keep reading
It's yet another bogus quotation from Ellen Brown. Her book is filled with them.... keep reading
Ellen Brown says that Greenbacks enabled the Union to avoid a huge debt to bankers. The facts indicate otherwise.... keep reading
