“Over the last 10 years, there has been so much financial scandal, so many battles between regulators and financiers, and so much complexity (more liquidity and less leverage with your tier one capital, anyone?) that a large swath of the public has become numb to the debate about how to make our financial system safer.
That’s a dangerous problem, because despite all of the wrangling and rule making, there’s a core truth about our financial system that we have yet to comprehend fully: It isn’t serving us, we’re serving it.”
Rana Foroohar, How Big Banks Became Our Masters, NYT
Extremely long video (3 1/2 hrs) on the history of money and central banks. Thought provoking and informative. Done by Bill Still.
The Money Masters, 1800
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBk5XV1ExoQ