Princes of the Yen | The Hidden Power of Central Banks

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it for a more cynical view of central bank power, though some caveat it as conspiracy-leaning.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Independent POV

Topic

central banking

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2022

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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• For a very interesting commentary of the immense power of central banks, I'd recommend the documentary "Princes of the Yen", a film adaptation of Richard Werner's[1] book of the same name. [VIDEO] [1] [LINK]

• "Princes of Yen" ( 円の支配者) has a more cynical view of things. I'd definitely recommend it, if you're the "conspiracy theorist" sort. [VIDEO] Some of Richard Werner's and Karel van Wolferen's lectures might be interesting too. Our society is inclined to attribute success to some …

• Fair enough. I think the comment was implying that their policies, not being entirely democratically accountable - the effectiveness of these instruments themselves being arguable - are very likely going to be swayed by private interests. I know there exists a revolving door b/w FDR …