Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve

This is a wealth of information for anyone wanting to gain a general understanding of macro economics and how it is affected by policy. It's a history of the federal reserve, it's chairmen and the decisions they've made as a group, in an effort to protect the dollar, employment, and economic sentiment over the past century or so. They show the results of the different approached the federal reserve has taken to remedy different situations, ranging from banking, the trustworthiness of the dollar, war, economic crashes due to soaring interest rates, bubbles doomed to burst due to lowering interest rates, etc. It all is portrayed as the results of genius, and on the flipside inability to predict the future, with no mention of corruption to be seen or heard.

Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed Chairman's every word. Yet the average person knows very little about the most powerful - and least understood - financial institution on earth.

This film covers everything from the Great Depression up through Bretton Woods (and its repeal in 1971) and on through the crisis of 2007-2008. We get Greenspan's connection to Ayn Rand and learn a few technical terms like "quantitative easing".

This is a great primer for anyone who knows absolutely nothing about the Federal Reserve. And, frankly, that happens to be most of us. Even those who do know something will probably learn more. How odd that the engine fueling our economy (maybe even the entire global economy) is not something many people could even explain.

the best Documentary on the topic are the money master and Money As Debt,i assume the producer At least have seen them but they haven't.

for the part where money was created，Borrowing is the major way ，when someone Borrow from bank where does the money come from，does it came from your Account? i don't think so . if this was the case you will notice. does it come from bank's money? i don't think so ,they need it for the Bonus. in fact it's money from nowhere created by the bank, it's a Obligation that bank has to pay the Borrower in exchange for the the Promise that the Borrower will pay back more, yes it's that twisted, for instance the Borrower spend the money and the money usually end up in some Account in the bank, bank's Assets(everyone's saving plus the Borrower's Promise) and its liability (Obligation to pay Depositor and the Borrower) both increase ,and as long as the bank's Assets is greater than its liability ,the came can continue forever.

as for the fed which is a Private bank with its own share holders just as the Central Bank of the United Kingdom, it is responsible for the Creation of U.S. dollar. the Borrower is US government.

as for Greenspan who has been Praised a lot by the movie (at least by the people they Interview) is not the Reason for the U.S. economy to be Prosperity in 1990. the true Reason is that sucker like china gone dollar-Fever , they pumping low-cost merchandise into US in exchange for green paper which keep the Cost of Living low while Destroy the manufacturing industry of US thus free the whole Country to work in Financial sector which Attract suckers all over the world to Invest in its Stock market. lots of Big shot Appear in the movie, but it didn't help, because they only help Themselves

in the end they try to Summary that the wallstreet did what they did because fed made the money easy and the fed did what they did because they are simply unware of the Consequence of their Behavior, which is so not true, anyone with a basic Knowledge of Economy knows what would happen if the Leverage was too high

a better choose of Documentary on Financial crisis would be inside job and meltdown by cbc

When everything is going well people likes it and try to avoid thinking about reaction of their action. It's only when things are not doing well people(us) starts thinking that OMG what have we did wrong, at this time instead of looking for short term gain and quick fix we should work on the shortcomings so that we can avoid problem in future.

However history repeats it self ! and after some times people will again start thing this time it's different. Let's see what will happen in 2020 interest rate are now again at 0%.

----- For people like me : "I am just a little guy, what can I do?" Answer is instead of playing crooked finance tricks or following into idea of get rich quick

• work hard, as best as you can
• Improve your skills by learning new things
• Save your money & invest it wisely

and you will be on your way to peaceful life instead of stuck into BOOM and BUST cycle.

This documentary along with "The Flaw" and "Too Big to Fail" help to explain the causes behind the '08 housing and financial collapse. "Money for Nothing" puts a spotlight on the Federal Reserve, or the "Fed" for short. Various economists chime in about the policies of primarily Alan Greenspan while he was the Fed chair. As one economist put it:

"The nation's most powerful banking regulator considered regulation obsolete."

But that wasn't entirely true. He practiced hands off until the banks were in trouble, then it was all hands on deck. If banks got into hot water with risky practices they could rely upon the "Greenspan put." This prompted one economist to say:

"This alleged libertarian was presiding over the socialization of risk in our economy."

While another stated, "Banks were spared of the free market's rule of survival of the fittest."

It's an interesting documentary while still being upsetting because yet again you see that there are a different set of rules for banks and corporations than for the rest of us. If banks make bad bets, "Don't worry about it, you have a safety net." If YOU make bad financial decisions, "You need to make smarter decisions, you peon."

At least that's what I continue to hear.

Free on Tubi TV.