Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the topic of money and debt. How did our economy get this way, how can we fix it, and can we build a society that doesn’t rely on currency?

If you want to be slaves of the bankers, and pay the costs of your own slavery, then let the banks create money. –Lord Stamp (1937)

Money doesn’t mind if we say it’s evil, it goes from strength to strength. It’s a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy. –Martin Amis, Money (1984)

Duration: 1:01:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

Episode Links

• Nobel-winning economist Shiller calls bitcoin a fad
• Debt of destruction
• The global debt clock
• Why the Debt Crisis Matters
• The Scale of the Debt Crisis
• World Debt Clock
• National Debt
• 25 Things You Can Do To Help Create A Resource Based Economy
• Drowning in debt is the new normal in Canada
• The Real Economic Scandal: Understanding the Debt-Based Economy
• 5 facts about government debt around the world
• Shocking Facts About Global Debt
• The Myth of the Barter Economy
• Global debt has grown by $57 trillion in seven years following the financial crisis
• The Venus Project

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Download: Episode 22: Money And Debt