Best documentary on the financial system and it's proxy governments that I've seen yet. Confirms my beliefs and what I've been saying for the past few years.Watch the two-hour THE ASCENT OF MONEY
In THE ASCENT OF MONEY, Niall Ferguson traces the evolution of money and demonstrates that financial history is the essential back-story behind all history.
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Especially, his thoughts on the next big crisis being the bond market crisis and how it will be one too large to bailout and contain.
Pretty easy to see that it's already started in Europe for the past two years with the PIIGS. How long it will take to spread to the US is anyone's guess?