This section is where many of the finer points surrounding economics, money, banking and government policy are discussed that help illuminate the fundamental flaws in our current economic model. This section aims to discuss those points succinctly, however as there are a lot of points it may take you a few hours before you cover them all.
Click on each image to watch the corresponding video in a pop up box or alternatively click on the headline to go to the post that may contain a written explanation of the video in question. The grid at the bottom of the page works in much the same way but is also a representation of all the videos in this series. Just so you don’t miss out on anything.
In this great little talk Dr Susan Krumdieck speaks about our energy conundrum through a lens that is rarely used: financial return. Presumably talking to business leaders she quickly dismisses the relevance of peak oil, climate change and sustainability as reasons to change and goes straight to the formula for a resource base that is […]
This almost 30 minute interview from In Conversation with Allan Gregg economist Jeffery Rubin talks about his book “The End of Growth”. His basic thesis is that high oil prices (100+ a barrel) will cause economic growth in the developed world to flat line (while China and India will slow to 4-5%) and the world […]
Another great animation on the staggering amounts of money spent by military forces.
Another Vlogbrothers quick-fire diatribe in which John discusses the U.S. public debt, our dangerously high debt to GDP ratio, the S&P’s downgrade of America’s credit rating, and why our debt may not be as unmanageable as it seems. There’s also some general discussion of economics, currency, the gold standard, and the worldwide financial system’s dependence […]
No idea of this guys credentials but I liked the video.
A good little video which explains the links of extreme debt with the debt cycle and printing money (economists use the term quantitative easing) with inflation. They are all interlinked and we have no hope of really eliminating our debt. What does that mean exactly? Well good question. Lots of governments have never cleared their […]
A shortened version of the Crash Course with information tailored for a United Kingdom audience. Chris Martenson explains the predicament the UK and world economy is in from the perspective of economics, energy and the environment. He discusses concepts such as the nature of money, debt, exponential growth, natural limits, peak oil and energy yields.
This is the first video of many in a video series explaining much of what is going on in the world today with regards to the economy and it dependence on energy and the environment. At around 3 hours in length, it’s not an easy thing to sit down and watch but I highly recommend […]
