THE VIDEO SHELF · money and economic systems
Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version
An independent feature documentary in which 23 economists, advisers and financiers discuss how the financial system works and what a more just economic model might look like. It covers money creation, debt and the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Why HN readers recommended it
Mentioned as a one-package overview of heterodox views on money creation and debt, though some find it unsurprising.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Renegade Inc.
- Topic
- money and economic systems
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Liberals tend to believe that other countries cooperate with the United States because American ideals are attractive and the U.S.-led international system is fair. I just watched The Four Horsemen on Youtube. It's pretty interesting, although nothing eye opening, but good to see it in …
kamjam on Hacker News · 2013-10
In The End of HypocrisyThe documentary "Four Horsemen" (link below) goes into these topics at length, especially money creation. Most people's jaws drop when they learn that 97% of all money in the world isn't in paper/coin form but rather 0s and 1s in a database and that it …
jayfuerstenberg on Hacker News · 2015-09
In Can the Fed raise interest rates?
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