Brown's Errors: History continued

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Historical Error #1: A Bogus Quotation from Sir Josiah Stamp on the Evils of Central Banking
Gary North - October 08, 2010

When you see something this improbable, check the original source. Lawyer Brown did not bother. No such source exists.... keep reading

Historical Error #2: Thomas Jefferson Was a Promoter of Paper Money Unbacked by Gold or Silver.
Gary North - October 08, 2010

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

Historical Error #3: Abraham Lincoln Promoted Debt-Free Paper Money (the Greenbacks).
Gary North - October 08, 2010

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

Historical Error #4: Pre-Revolutionary Colonial Pennsylvania's Government Avoided Most Taxes Because It Issued Fiat Loans.
Gary North - October 08, 2010

This sounds like "something for nothing" to me. How about you?... keep reading

Historical Error #5: A Bogus Quotation from Benjamin Franklin on Colonial Scrip
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Once again, Ellen Brown has passed along a whopper. And it sounded so authentic! (Actually, it didn't.)... keep reading

Historical Error #6: She Deliberately Skipped Over an Important Quotation from Franklin on the "Continentals"
Gary North - October 08, 2010

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

Historical Error #7: A Bogus Quotation from John Adams on Debt as a Means of Conquest
Gary North - October 08, 2010

This is standard practice for Ellen Brown. It has now backfired. Here is another whopper.... keep reading

Historical Error #8: The "Christian Bible" Prohibits Interest, but the "Jewish Bible" Doesn't.
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown sees a distinction between the "Christian Bible" and the "Jewish Bible."... keep reading

Historical Error #9: China's Medieval Fiat Paper Money Had Centuries of Success.
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown praises China's experiment in fiat money. She ignores the facts. Fiat money led to hyperinflation.... keep reading

Historical Error #10: England's Medieval Wooden Tallies Were Interest-Free Fiat Money.
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown spins a yarn about wooden money in England. As they say, "Don't take any wooden nickels."... keep reading

Historical Error #11: A Bogus Quotation from Nathan Rothschild
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown provides lots of bogus quotations. This one is a famous one.... keep reading

Historical Error #12: A Bogus Quotation from Jefferson on Banks
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown loves to use bogus quotations to make her points. This one is a well-known fake.... keep reading

Historical Error #13: Jefferson and Jackson's War on the First Bank of the United States
Gary North - October 08, 2010

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

Historical Error #14: The Civil War's Fiat Money Made the Surviving Americans Richer (Military Keynesianism).
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown believes that centralizing the power of the Federal government, 1861-65, made America far richer.... keep reading

Historical Error #15: A Bogus Lincoln Quotation on Men and Wages
Gary North - October 08, 2010

It's yet another bogus quotation from Ellen Brown. Her book is filled with them.... keep reading

Historical Error #16: Lincoln Favored the Greenbacks Over Any Union Debt to Bankers.
Gary North - October 08, 2010

Ellen Brown says that Greenbacks enabled the Union to avoid a huge debt to bankers. The facts indicate otherwise.... keep reading

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