Bernard Lietaer, Aqeela Sherrills, Lynne Twist, George Selgin, Thomas Greco, Scott Pitman, Juliet Schor, Riane Eisler, Hazel Henderson, Elizabet Sahtouris and others
Part 7 of a series concerning the elite who own and control a great deal yet still want more. This episode looks at the medium they work with for control, which is money and looks at the basic concepts of money itself and its effects upon the greater community.
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All pertinent commentary for this episode has been taken from the first half of the documentary The Money Fix by Alan Rosenblith.
Commentary: In College I was a Banker (1:12 to1:34) Opening - common money problems (1:47 to 2:57) Most people do not know where money comes from (3:11 to 5:37) Opening comments by panel about money (6:25 to 7:43) How and why real money works (8:12 to10:11) Money is information not a thing (10:57 to 12:36) Type of money affects behavior (13:33 to 15:27) Interest equals more debt than money (17:13 to 22:25) Nature is plentiful VS our scarce based economy (23:32 to 29:28)
Music (complete or excerpts): Greenback dollar bill (short segment) by unknown Money (2 segments) by krs 1 Free Money But You Have To Pay (segment) by Polarity/1 Money (segment) by Barrett Strong Predators (2 segments) by Wil b Money For All (short segment) by Nine Horses
FX or short supportive segments: Small machine noises from THX-1138 Wake Up America from American Economic Foundation Beck mashup from Vimeo Money Jitters from The Money Fix Examples of early money from The Money Fix
URLs of note: The Money Fix http://www.themoneyfix.org/ Beck mashup http://vimeo.com/channels/101#6264315
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