The Ascent of Money: A financial history of the world by Niall Ferguson
(4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
From a very young age on we learn that money is very important. How safe are banks? How did the financial crisis 2007 happen? How could it deptress worldwide economy? Niall Ferguson tries to answer all these (and much more) questions by looking at the financial history. The money system was once based on truth [...]
The Zeroes: The Decade Wall Street Went Insane
(9 votes, average: 2.78 out of 5)
At the turn of the millennium, Randall Lane, former head of Forbes’ Washington bureau, knew what this decade would be about. He started Trader Monthly – a slick glossy magazine that was to become the GQ of Wall Street. It portrayed a glamorous world of yachts and private jets, fine wines and lavish mansions. Meanwhile, trading floors were functioning [...]
Generation OS13: The new culture of resistance
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)
Filmed prior to the rise of the occupy movement Generation OS13 sought to ask musicians, artists, authors and journalist what had happened to the western dream. They were no longer portraying an idealistic vision of society but that of a fragmented and apathetic society ruled by mass media, pop and phony money. Framing the media [...]
The Obama Deception
(299 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting documentary-film created by infowars.com that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people. Throughout history people tendet to follow charismatic leaders and to believe everything they said. I say: Let’s be critical this time! Barack Obama is a great speechman [...]
How do Kiva Loans work?
(14 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5)
Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world – empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. You can loan as little as USD 25 and get paid the money back on succeed of the entrepreneurs business. I loaned some money myself to Eloy, a guy from Bolivia who does work [...]
This is how our money system works
(54 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)
What is money and where does it come from? People have been using objects of value for trade since thousands of years, but our current money system works different than it used to be half a century ago. Now banks are more powerful than governments and are able to create more money than there actually [...]
