Why Can't We Just Print Money to Pay Off Debt?

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @KrishSharma2112
    @KrishSharma2112 8 лет назад +10460

    if money grew on trees, it would be as valuable as leaves ....

    • @ohmandamp
      @ohmandamp 8 лет назад +169

      Some various forms of money: Native Americans used shells and rocks, ancient Chinese used tea leaves, medieval Europeans used grain. So other peoples have found money in all places but trees. Come to think of it, leaves would make poor money; once plucked, they would quickly whither, disintegrating once you touch them.
      And of course there's gold and silver coins, but what value is a gold and silver coin outside of facilitating trade? I suppose gold could be melted down to serve as electronic components, but back during the Middle ages, the heyday of metal coins, the only other function of gold and silver coins was to look pretty, just like the masterpieces in miniature paper money of today are.

    • @funkyguy99
      @funkyguy99 8 лет назад +198

      what if I destroyed all the trees in the whole world and kept one, the value of the paper money world be priceless cause I own the tree.

    • @ohmandamp
      @ohmandamp 8 лет назад +91

      funkyguy99
      People would revert back to good old bartering, and then use something else as currency, like precious metals.

    • @swatboy763
      @swatboy763 8 лет назад +71

      besides that how would you breath easily?

    • @tadavlogs4291
      @tadavlogs4291 8 лет назад +11

      its ok too, the IRS taxes bartering of goods too

  • @SuomenMato
    @SuomenMato 8 лет назад +2577

    What if you print more money but don't tell anyone

    • @zaiman97
      @zaiman97 8 лет назад +408

      Inflation will still happens... And your currency will be sky rocket high.

    • @ThanhThanh-ex5ux
      @ThanhThanh-ex5ux 8 лет назад +83

      Exactly what I thought

    • @TheGuyNobodyReallyLikes
      @TheGuyNobodyReallyLikes 8 лет назад +422

      No, what he or she could also mean is that if you secretly printed money all by yourself that had all the features but was still a fake note, but you never told anyone about it and just used it in locations where nobody has any idea about it or checks it or even bothers to find out.

    • @shminceshminceshmince
      @shminceshminceshmince 8 лет назад +131

      Suomen Mato You go to jail when the police find out.

    • @Wonejo.
      @Wonejo. 8 лет назад +290

      you would cause inflation the moment you spend it anyways.

  • @dead2675
    @dead2675 5 лет назад +2502

    Nobody:
    Me when I was 8: Why don't we print money to get rich
    Zimbabwe: let's print money to become richest

    • @someinternetbox168
      @someinternetbox168 5 лет назад +91

      Jammy they are trillionaires with a few USD

    • @sarathch1
      @sarathch1 5 лет назад +46

      I still can't believe. USA is the one who printed hightest amount of money and still called rich

    • @sarathch1
      @sarathch1 5 лет назад +15

      @@ericarevalo8649 I am just trying to understand not anything else. US debt is $22 trillion (not sure how they repay it) and general public savings are around 8% . What happens if say China slowly sells USA debt.Also In future reliance on fossil fuel reduces dramatically. What happens if some of the countries don't trade in $ but instead their local currency

    • @jotarandom
      @jotarandom 5 лет назад +25

      5 y.o kid: Why don't we print money to be rich
      Weimar republic (1923), Zimbabwe (2008), Venezuela (2017), Grece (1944), Yugoslavia (1994), Hungary (1946), China (1943), Bolivia (the '80), Serbia (1993), Zaïre (1996): Excelent idea kid

    • @mrcr45
      @mrcr45 5 лет назад +8

      dont feel bad..at least u have abt 90+percent of AMERICANS thnk just like tht

  • @joaovitormatos8147
    @joaovitormatos8147 3 года назад +533

    I watched this video for the first time when it came out, I was 16 and got completely amused by it. This year I will receive my Economics degree and I cannot thank this guy enough for showing me the way through the job I always wanted

    • @unlockedaccount
      @unlockedaccount 3 года назад +9

      wow well done 🥳

    • @skoipe3227
      @skoipe3227 3 года назад +1

      woah congrats

    • @actic555
      @actic555 3 года назад +3

      Phew! Thought there would be a scam.

    • @Mulberry2000
      @Mulberry2000 3 года назад +2

      the video is wrong and econonmics degree is usless they do not teach macro economics

    • @Leonardo-po7ht
      @Leonardo-po7ht 3 года назад

      @@Mulberry2000 "They do not teach macroeconomics"
      Based

  • @alizehsohail2048
    @alizehsohail2048 5 лет назад +347

    Here's a broader perspective....anything that becomes abudant or easily attainable, loses value. (just like money)

    • @lukidwiputra4644
      @lukidwiputra4644 5 лет назад +15

      not if the demand is equal to the supply.

    • @Andrew-bc1wo
      @Andrew-bc1wo 4 года назад +1

      or baseball cards if u have a rare one its worth money if there is alot of one then not so much

    • @davidbabic6121
      @davidbabic6121 4 года назад +4

      Or like an easy woman

    • @solascriptura-e7t
      @solascriptura-e7t 4 года назад +2

      Which is why salvation is EXCLUSIVE.
      Acts 4:12

    • @austintarigon1783
      @austintarigon1783 4 года назад +2

      Luki Dwi Putra abundance implies the supply outweighs the demand

  • @massineben7198
    @massineben7198 6 лет назад +562

    8:55
    The biggest economy in the world owes more than 60% in debt to (technically) itself.
    let that sink in.

    • @honkai8692
      @honkai8692 6 лет назад +11

      dw buddy China face the same problem as well.if not worst

    • @lyh0619
      @lyh0619 6 лет назад +16

      so us has more debt than they have gdp......

    • @cheetobag2355
      @cheetobag2355 6 лет назад +7

      @@lyh0619 yup

    • @Ab-wx1jr
      @Ab-wx1jr 6 лет назад +5

      It actually owns 125% that is more than the gdp.

    • @lyh0619
      @lyh0619 6 лет назад +5

      I researched and i can say japan has the worst debt. They don't have the most debt, but their debt is 2X bigger than their total GDP. my home country (south Korea) only has 40.77% of its own total GDP (im so proud of my country) south Korea originally had 10% of its own GDP but because of the economic disater that happended in 1997, We had to get debt. if it wasnt for the crisis we would've had one of the least debt:GDP ratio in the world :(

  • @wamsang7818
    @wamsang7818 4 года назад +809

    Short answer:
    Printing money makes it worthless

    • @NoobMachiavelli
      @NoobMachiavelli 4 года назад +63

      There are some adults I know who refuse to believe this. It's sad. Sometimes I think it's reasonable to blame an average person for his misery.

    • @spiderjuice9874
      @spiderjuice9874 4 года назад +29

      A single country, or group of countries, cannot print their way out of debt, this is true. But what about if *all* countries end up in debt, due to - say - a Worldwide lockdown (or two)? Surely then they can agree to 're-level' the debt, wiping the debt of the country with the lowest debt, and reducing the debt of all other countries by this amount. This is because the Earth owes no debt to external entities, so the planet as a whole is debt-free by definition.

    • @NoobMachiavelli
      @NoobMachiavelli 4 года назад +15

      @@spiderjuice9874 some countries have 0 debt raised via foreign entities. Some countries have taken up huge debt from foreign entities. Your logic would punish the former for practicing fiscal responsibility sensibly.

    • @spiderjuice9874
      @spiderjuice9874 4 года назад +2

      @@NoobMachiavelli Not so, it would just derail my suggestion: all countries would then get zero taken from their debt, which wouldn't change things.

    • @johnemonroe
      @johnemonroe 4 года назад +19

      Spider Juice The debt is not owed to other countries, it is owed to individuals, banks, pension plans, businesses and insurance companies. Cancel the debt and their savings will be lost, people will lose their pensions, insurance companies won’t be able to pay out, and banks won’t be able to honour people’s deposits.

  • @ExxonMobilCompany
    @ExxonMobilCompany Год назад +372

    With markets tumbling, inflation soaring, the Fed imposing large interest-rate hike, while treasury yields are rising rapidly-which means more red ink for portfolios this quarter. How can I profit from the current volatile market, I'm still at a crossroads deciding if to liquidate my $125k bond/stock portfolio

    • @charlotteflair1043
      @charlotteflair1043 Год назад +2

      @Lucas Williams I've been in constant contact with financial examiners ever since Coronavirus. Buying moving stocks is now quite simple; the key is knowing when to purchase and sell. My attorney issues the section and leave orders for my portfolio. accumulated from an initial stagnant savings of $150,000 more than $550,000.

    • @slketx6228
      @slketx6228 Год назад +6

      bot

    • @IceKnight678
      @IceKnight678 Год назад +1

      Give it to me

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      @charlotteflair1043 Год назад

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    • @srinivasavaradhan4231
      @srinivasavaradhan4231 Год назад

      Understand there’s no right or wrong decision. But you have make one😊

  • @RobiePAX
    @RobiePAX 8 лет назад +1316

    So, if I owe you 100 Billion. I print 100 Billion and pay you back. I fucked my country with inflation but my debt to you is paid, right?

    • @dragohammer6937
      @dragohammer6937 8 лет назад +72

      yep. bad ideia.

    • @allu7112
      @allu7112 8 лет назад +131

      its not paid becose the money isnt worth the 100 billion if u print it

    • @RobiePAX
      @RobiePAX 8 лет назад +90

      But who says that I have to pay back in a foreign currency. If I took 100 Billion dollars, then I have to pay back 100 Billion dollars. This is not an exchange something for something. I owed you a specific sum, I paid it back. Inflation shouldn't increase your debt. Only agreed interest can increase your debt.

    • @Deadlines-X
      @Deadlines-X 8 лет назад +112

      Did you not watch the video? if you owed 100 billion dollars, and you live in England and you somehow printed out 100 billion pounds the moment you did that the value of the notes would fall drastically which means you would need to print more to make up the difference which would make the gap even bigger creating a loop in which you could never catch up and thats how you end up with an entire countrys money worth less than a penny.

    • @Avatarbee
      @Avatarbee 8 лет назад +19

      From what I understand that is basically what happened in post WW2 Germany. During the war the people of Germany were encouraged to buy "war-shares" which was basically just the citizens lending the country money. After the war Germany couldn't pay it's citizens, so with the help of the United States they introduced a new currency and exchanged a very small part of it into the old currency which at that point was a inflated mess and paid it's citizens a few cents. So all the german people that bought war-shares got screwed over since thanks to inflation those shares were worth nothing. The only people that came out the other side ok (financially) were those whose wealth was stockpiled in goods which had none intrensic values.
      I might have gotten some stuff wrong so feel free to correct me.

  • @susancarter6503
    @susancarter6503 4 года назад +567

    I liked the conclusion where money was compared to leaves.

    • @aegi9931
      @aegi9931 4 года назад +5

      Funny thing about it is that fiat currency is actually printed way way more than leaves can ever grow on trees. US for example, the reason it cant pay off debt is because the current monetary system is designed on simply adjusting debt ceilings, print more and more currency and do some deficit spending. All the while central banks act the middleman between the treasury and federal reserve enriching the elites with all the interest rates, bonds and IOUs. Fiat Currency is basically printed out of nothing (not backed by gold or other precious metal) much like leaves grow on trees.
      This video seems to mistake money and currency for the latter stores no value overtime besides from the confidence given by the government for its purchasing power.
      Funniest thing is that we pay taxes for all this printed paper currency which is basically printed out of nothing.

    • @Tampa0123456789
      @Tampa0123456789 4 года назад +5

      Can't compare to leaves cause leaves have value.

    • @mohamedshakaal1545
      @mohamedshakaal1545 4 года назад +2

      @@Tampa0123456789
      Corona Also have Value
      Get Fucked 😁

    • @joesmitty34
      @joesmitty34 4 года назад +1

      @@Tampa0123456789 true. But u can burn paper too.

    • @Monk-Amani.
      @Monk-Amani. 4 года назад

      @@Tampa0123456789 : Never mind.

  • @acproductions4111
    @acproductions4111 4 года назад +507

    "Why dont we just print money to pay debt"
    Germany:i seen this before its a classic

    • @acproductions4111
      @acproductions4111 4 года назад +1

      @PRO HEN hell yeah philipines will be rich

    • @redcat5697
      @redcat5697 4 года назад +3

      @PRO HEN we don't owe china anything but war!!

    • @verticalflyingb737
      @verticalflyingb737 4 года назад

      @PRO HEN bro chill

    • @MrMassivefavour
      @MrMassivefavour 4 года назад +1

      The secrets of Oz ... ruclips.net/video/yjGyjUfDoN4/видео.html

    • @ceychungyu7462
      @ceychungyu7462 4 года назад +2

      Weimar Germany's printing money caused severe inflation, but not when the hegemon prints money, inflation and the theory of Keynesian BS goes out of the window, because the pockets are still deep and available as a reserve currency instead of gold. Every time the US dollar is under attack, a false flag is raised in the south china seas or the Arabian gulf the bogeyman is Kim Jong Un, or Iran. To bring back a strong dollar.

  • @PhilipMurray251
    @PhilipMurray251 2 года назад +486

    What's needed? Liquid cash. Everyone only has credit. If you have stacks of cash, you can capitalize on everyone's credit. A recession as bad it can be, provides good buying opportunities in the markets if you’re careful and it can also create volatility giving great short time buy and sell opportunities too. This is not financial advise but get buying.

    • @Robertgriffinne
      @Robertgriffinne 2 года назад +1

      Cash can be king , but it depends on how much you have. I.E- if you have 300,000 cash when the house market crash occurs you will have a LOT more opportunities VS many others especially when people get foreclosed.

    • @Natalieneptune469
      @Natalieneptune469 2 года назад +2

      When the stock market rebounds, many investors may come to regret not investing in the red today. It's possible that this pricing will never be seen again. If you have a fantastic vision for it, there is always opportunity in the midst of chaos.

    • @marianparker7502
      @marianparker7502 2 года назад +6

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    • @Alejandracamacho357
      @Alejandracamacho357 2 года назад +2

      @@marianparker7502 How does a single Dad get started with investing? Seems I've been a loser by saving and spending😫........How do i get in touch with this financial consultant whom you mentioned?

    • @marianparker7502
      @marianparker7502 2 года назад +5

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  • @esepelisa
    @esepelisa 4 года назад +439

    Can somebody explain this to the FED

    • @CIorox_BIeach
      @CIorox_BIeach 4 года назад +19

      I'll give it a shot.

    • @evertola3598
      @evertola3598 4 года назад +1

      This is just superb, I been tryin to find out about "how to rid debt" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Konabriel Denarper Blueprint - (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some super things about it and my colleague got great results with it.

    • @calvinsylveste8474
      @calvinsylveste8474 4 года назад +12

      You dont need to print money to eliminate debts.
      Step 1: Borrow money and buy lobster and cognac for the poor.
      Step 2: Go to court and have a bankruptcy judge declare your debts null and void.

    • @MrMassivefavour
      @MrMassivefavour 4 года назад +1

      The Sectrets of Oz. ruclips.net/video/yjGyjUfDoN4/видео.html

    • @tripelon
      @tripelon 4 года назад +2

      @@calvinsylveste8474 what?

  • @davidusa47
    @davidusa47 4 года назад +525

    2014: Why can’t we just print money?
    2020: Turns out we can!

    • @brandstefff
      @brandstefff 4 года назад +28

      David turns out we have since 1913

    • @wojtekthebear4958
      @wojtekthebear4958 4 года назад +4

      That's a straw-man of his argument also what's going on right now is the exception, not the rule. You know, Quantity Theory of Money?

    • @wojtekthebear4958
      @wojtekthebear4958 4 года назад +5

      @@Ekyllier That's not true at all. Debt as nothing to do with the equation for inflation.

    • @brandstefff
      @brandstefff 4 года назад +1

      Ekyllier sorry but you don’t know how the monetary system works get educated

    • @brandstefff
      @brandstefff 4 года назад +7

      @@Ekyllier great book to start is The Creature from Jeckyll Island its a easy read, enjoy

  • @collinvlog
    @collinvlog 4 года назад +641

    2013: "Imagine if the government sent money to every American"
    2020: Yep that's why I'm here. Anyone else here in 2020?

    • @lgetoff
      @lgetoff 4 года назад

      Collin Michael yes

    • @JefferyScottFitness
      @JefferyScottFitness 4 года назад +12

      Bitcoin and gold peter shiff was right

    • @triplelordchaos
      @triplelordchaos 4 года назад +9

      Hahaha yep welcome to hyperinflation hell

    • @fhowland
      @fhowland 4 года назад +1

      They did it in 2009 too.

    • @frankgarrett242
      @frankgarrett242 4 года назад +4

      Moron. The virus should be allowed to infect everyone. Cremating one million people is much cheaper than shutting everything down.

  • @onehillyboi
    @onehillyboi 3 года назад +230

    During WW2, the US created a new dollar for Hawaii that was dubbed the “Hawaiian Overprint Note”. Their value was equal to the USD, but in the event that Japan invaded Hawaii and captured US forces, the US government would label the currency as completely valueless so the Japanese couldn’t use it or exchange it for any reason

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 3 года назад +3

      Lmao

    • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
      @PremierCCGuyMMXVI 2 года назад +4

      Yep, very interesting time in history

    • @Daniel_Huffman
      @Daniel_Huffman 2 года назад +12

      That is a genius idea.

    • @aleynab8583
      @aleynab8583 2 года назад +2

      Not narcissistic at all

    • @aleynab8583
      @aleynab8583 2 года назад

      @@Daniel_Huffman you'll only think it's brilliant from a psychotic power hungry point of view.
      Do u think it was brilliant that the twin towers were demolished and innocent Americans unknowingly sacrificed their lives so the US can continue to manipulate and control other economies? (Flase flag operation)
      It's some deep f'kd up shiittt is what it is.

  • @ph_hacker_d
    @ph_hacker_d 4 года назад +1555

    Who’s watching during corona?

    • @ID7501
      @ID7501 4 года назад +15

      Me lmao. I am trying to understand stocks and all the terminology that involves the economy lol

    • @ID7501
      @ID7501 4 года назад +2

      Burt Gummer dang I will have to go take a look. Thank you!

    • @joham
      @joham 4 года назад +5

      During Corona beer?

    • @blackscreennoiseforrelaxat1517
      @blackscreennoiseforrelaxat1517 4 года назад +2

      ph_hacker_d guilty lol 😂

    • @SafeSleet0
      @SafeSleet0 4 года назад +4

      Printing macchines are doing Brrrrrrrrr

  • @realog868
    @realog868 4 года назад +323

    *Why Can't We Drink The Water During Tsunami ?.*

    • @rickt1866
      @rickt1866 4 года назад +88

      because there is shit in it

    • @rickt1866
      @rickt1866 4 года назад +8

      @GuitarTee ROBLOX fair enough lol

    • @verticalflyingb737
      @verticalflyingb737 4 года назад +31

      @GuitarTee ROBLOX well it's better to ask stupid questions than look like a dumbass later

    • @onetyone7359
      @onetyone7359 4 года назад +4

      Clever sir, Short and direct explanation.

    • @henkholdingastate
      @henkholdingastate 3 года назад +1

      @GuitarTee ROBLOX this is the problem with the fiat currency from the fed

  • @soulg1969
    @soulg1969 4 года назад +520

    The funny thing is money literally does grow on trees.

    • @alansands256
      @alansands256 4 года назад +7

      Explain

    • @nostalgia9338
      @nostalgia9338 4 года назад +101

      Alan Sands paper comes from trees

    • @robertasmedu
      @robertasmedu 4 года назад +16

      @@alansands256 look at governments across the globe. Suddenly they all started borrowing. But from who? Direct financing by no one else but central bank. :)

    • @sirnamejames1992
      @sirnamejames1992 4 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @manikandan_k
      @manikandan_k 4 года назад +8

      No, money doesn't grow on trees. It comes out of Fed arse.

  • @drmichaelsunsschoolformath
    @drmichaelsunsschoolformath 4 года назад +29

    I think the most important part of this topic is that money IS simply printed to pay off debt. Not only does it pay off debt, the inflation devalues the remaining debt as well.

    • @neowuwei7851
      @neowuwei7851 Год назад +8

      Printing more Fed Debt notes just creates more debt for the USA. That is why the national debt is over $31T.

  • @cjjimenez6635
    @cjjimenez6635 4 года назад +44

    Based on my knowledge of economics so far, printing more money to pay off debt is actually a precursor to hyperinflation just like what happened to Zimbabwe during Mugabe's rule and Venezuela during Maduro's rule. Printing more money prompts people to consume more causing a high demand while supplies run low because of the increased demands forcing vendors to higher the prices. Then the cycle of printing more money, increased consumption, decreasing supplies, higher prices will repeat again and again which will eventually lead to hyperinflation.

    • @vintage4198
      @vintage4198 2 года назад +4

      Hello
      What if the money didn't pass through the people.
      Example say USA owes china 1 billion $,the treasury then prints one billion$ and deposits it to china directly

    • @shivampatel4595
      @shivampatel4595 2 года назад +2

      @@vintage4198 Thats also my question.

    • @andrewgeissinger5242
      @andrewgeissinger5242 Год назад +1

      @@vintage4198 So you're saying what? That China isn't going to use the money for something? You think they're going to put it in a safe somewhere where it doesn't earn any interest or return? If they use it to buy something it will go through the people.

    • @NopeSecret
      @NopeSecret Год назад

      Wow!!!
      Aren't you a smart little cookie :O
      Now wrap your head around this.
      Every single new human in society causes inflation. We take debt for school, a car, a home.
      Every single human being if they live a normal life will incur around 500,000 in debt essentially increasing the amount of available currency by 500,000... as loans are not actually loans anymore. When a loan is given out by a bank the balance is achieved by creating new wealth for the debt not by lending existing money being held in the bank.
      What a cool system.... a system that literally allows for the creation of money... lol...
      Average IQ people are a joke... an absolutely joke.. no wonder society is hilarious.. average people everywhere.

    • @theoutdoorguy8740
      @theoutdoorguy8740 Год назад

      You mean like what's happening right now?

  • @thelordofthepotatoes5653
    @thelordofthepotatoes5653 8 лет назад +479

    Money could actually be quite useful when stranded. Good for starting fires.

    • @khentaxton1858
      @khentaxton1858 8 лет назад

      el bravvo!

    • @DoctorX149
      @DoctorX149 7 лет назад +3

      Nah nah nah man, you gotta go to school and trade it for american dollars. I've seen stupid kids buy a foreign "10,000 $ bill" for like 20 bucks when it's only worth 1 or 2. You can make fucking bank selling foreign money

    • @mrsavage4837
      @mrsavage4837 7 лет назад +1

      TheLordOfThePotatoes forget that. What if you need to wipe your shit filled ass

    • @IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch
      @IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch 7 лет назад

      That's what Pablo Escobar did to $2,000,000 one time.

    • @jerichosamurai
      @jerichosamurai 7 лет назад +1

      Or wiping your ass. Sea water would give you a rash.

  • @mooseyman12345
    @mooseyman12345 4 года назад +242

    Short Answer: Inflation
    Long Answer: Inflaaaaaaaaaaation

    • @rawunfilteredtv
      @rawunfilteredtv 4 года назад

      Hugo Carrington 😄

    • @pinoyanonymous4353
      @pinoyanonymous4353 4 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @dharma4914
      @dharma4914 4 года назад

      Reality: fake news. Inflation's not a problem

    • @postitdude1
      @postitdude1 4 года назад +1

      @@dharma4914 you tell me inflation doesn't matter when everything costs twice as much as it did before yet you're still making the same income. Laughable.

    • @th3gov3rnm3nt
      @th3gov3rnm3nt 4 года назад

      @@dharma4914 Zimbabwe

  • @billisultan6224
    @billisultan6224 3 года назад +14

    I am a student of Business studies and here I am, watching this video that answered my question that I had on my mind for years.

    • @NopeSecret
      @NopeSecret Год назад

      Sorry but....
      How low is your IQ that you actually take this in school?
      I am laughing at you right now.

  • @rupendrakeisham6698
    @rupendrakeisham6698 7 лет назад +45

    In my childhood we played by using leaves as money to buy imaginary things . Every child tried to pluck as many as they could from d trees. Initially our friend acting as the shopkeeper, charged small prices (one/two leaves) for everything. But when we approached him carrying bundles/sacks of leaves; he got confused and so us. We all threw those leaves down and went in search of Larger size Leafs instead and the chain went on... Inflation happened back then .

    • @ulrichleukam1068
      @ulrichleukam1068 Год назад +7

      Now kids play Fortnite :(

    • @NopeSecret
      @NopeSecret Год назад

      Yeah... well.. did a random person come along and say no one can trade for your leaves?
      Thats essentially what NATO is doing to Russia to try to harm their economy.
      Too bad Russia + China = Self Sufficient. All Russia needs to do is trade Oil with China and then they will be fine.
      The economy worked when currency had inherit value. Now however the government wants us to trade using invaluable currency that is heavily regulated by them.
      The Economy is such a joke in order for Americans to use it their country had to forcefully buy back all the gold from its citizens.. because.. ya know.. America.. freedom.. lol.

  • @CraftQueenJr
    @CraftQueenJr 6 лет назад +580

    And now we have Venezuela.

    • @billasswhole9995
      @billasswhole9995 6 лет назад +52

      Venezuela: Zimbabwe, hold my beer!

    • @ivanbregar1646
      @ivanbregar1646 6 лет назад +56

      One ounce of silver can buy you months of food in venezuela. People forget that gold and silver are the real money. It doesnt matter if you brake it in half, throw it on the ground, it will be worth the same. You can dig up roman gold coins and they are still worth. Because its the metal that matters, not the diget on a coin. Now eh have worthless metal that any bimbo can mint. You have to understand that government is a bunch of iresponsible morons. They dont care, but people suffer.

    • @numanuma20
      @numanuma20 6 лет назад +1

      @@ivanbregar1646 Amen

    • @luckylui3282
      @luckylui3282 5 лет назад +6

      @@ivanbregar1646 : Are you really this ignorant or just another "sound" money shill? No precise metal has ever been a standard of value, ever. Is someone legally bound to accept a shiny things in payment of debt??? Does the gov accept it in payment of taxes??? If your ignorant please learn the true history of money (suggest looking to the school of anthropology not economics for that) and stop perpetuating this nonsense. Gold and silver are one of the largest financial swindles in human history. If your a shill go pound sand!

    • @minecartrider7057
      @minecartrider7057 5 лет назад

      And 1923 germany

  • @WonderWhy
    @WonderWhy  11 лет назад +161

    Suppose I better start using Google+ then, since RUclips isn't giving me much choice in the matter!

    • @El_Dominar
      @El_Dominar 11 лет назад +17

      I love you wonderwhy, I'm only 12 and i wonder why you haven't got a lot of subscribers yet.

    • @compac39
      @compac39 11 лет назад +6

      Hugh Jarse i agree with you dude except im only 10

    • @El_Dominar
      @El_Dominar 11 лет назад +3

      Pawel DoesGames Then we have something in common

    • @tesla_autopilot
      @tesla_autopilot 11 лет назад +16

      You said 1972 not 1792 about the Coinage Act

    • @nickludwig7665
      @nickludwig7665 10 лет назад +3

      Hugh Jarse im 11 lol

  • @Esmaesme56
    @Esmaesme56 4 года назад +55

    “Why can’t we print money to pay off dept?”
    Weimar Republic: Good Question

  • @clickbox3211
    @clickbox3211 5 лет назад +505

    Things scientists cant explain:
    1.Bermuda Triangle
    2.Area 51
    3.RUclips Recommendations

    • @Antjc3
      @Antjc3 5 лет назад +4

      @@dowskivisionmagicaloracle8593 wtf

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 5 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @anhbayar11
      @anhbayar11 4 года назад

      @@dowskivisionmagicaloracle8593 ahhaha i love it.

    • @safi8924
      @safi8924 4 года назад +4

      RUclips recommendation work on ur saved nd searched data...it is called the artificial intelligence...a new phenomenon which will revolutionize our future.

    • @atsonaga5520
      @atsonaga5520 4 года назад

      😂👍🤣

  • @befaction3717
    @befaction3717 5 лет назад +632

    *Weimar Republic wants to know your location*

    • @zhuolixie5922
      @zhuolixie5922 5 лет назад +22

      Zimbabwe government want to know your location

    • @prc8204
      @prc8204 5 лет назад +5

      That was what i was gonna say when i first watched this lol

    • @saw7191
      @saw7191 5 лет назад +2

      Postwar Hungary wants to know your location

    • @ValBoon997
      @ValBoon997 5 лет назад +4

      *HITLER HAS LEFT THE CHAT*

    • @andrewcollura3760
      @andrewcollura3760 5 лет назад +3

      You mean the USA. The whole world is the Weimer Republic, with USA leading they way.

  • @mahmoodkhair6947
    @mahmoodkhair6947 7 лет назад +100

    Federal Printing Company: Yo.. Jon .. *STOP THE PRINTING MACHINE*
    Jon: Why?
    FPC: I've seen things...
    Jon: You been on RUclips again ???

  • @Lucy_Honeychurch
    @Lucy_Honeychurch 3 года назад +13

    It’s not because we “believe” it has value, but because we all “agree” that it has value. There is a huge difference.

    • @abdurrahim3785
      @abdurrahim3785 Год назад +2

      Same shit

    • @mariotheundying
      @mariotheundying Год назад

      So, we believe it

    • @flavio7180
      @flavio7180 Год назад

      It's not about belief or agreements. The government forces you to pay your taxes and for goods and services with the fiat currency of the country where you live. Try paying your taxes or paying at a restaurant with milk, or with chairs for example. Not gonna work.

  • @911madeinamerica
    @911madeinamerica 4 года назад +26

    Gold and silver has tremendous intrinsic value, such as being used in electronics, medicine, water purification, jewelry etc. also money is not the same thing as currency.

    • @07_danishwistara29
      @07_danishwistara29 3 года назад +5

      Currency: circulation as a medium of exchange(Merriam-Webster), and money is a medium of exchange that is in circulation (Merriam-Webster). Go watch the video and pay attention

  • @Lol25Playz
    @Lol25Playz 6 лет назад +239

    2:16 He says 1972 instead of 1792

  • @triggethridge9326
    @triggethridge9326 8 лет назад +747

    and this is why we need economists running the country and not idiots

    • @hasshamhabib2068
      @hasshamhabib2068 8 лет назад +25

      Trigg Ethridge I'm sorry but Trump isn't an Economist he knows how to handle money but an Economics is much more
      -me 12/18/16

    • @triggethridge9326
      @triggethridge9326 8 лет назад +44

      Hassham Habib no i was saying trump was the idiot, actual economist think trumps tax plan is terrible

    • @triggethridge9326
      @triggethridge9326 8 лет назад +1

      tychaíos adeiázo i didn't know stating facts meant you were a troll

    • @nousername1916
      @nousername1916 8 лет назад

      Trigg Ethridge and we don't need trump btw

    • @moritz4292
      @moritz4292 7 лет назад +16

      People who are in debt, are this not because of “Zionist Bankers“, but of cause of their free choice.

  • @joshuabenezra6966
    @joshuabenezra6966 Год назад +2

    This video really matured very well over time and everyone on earth who wonder why they are working harder should legally be required to watch it

  • @jamesbarrett6814
    @jamesbarrett6814 4 года назад +46

    2013: Never print more money
    2020: Lets give everyone cheques

    • @thelastoneontheplanetearth
      @thelastoneontheplanetearth 4 года назад +1

      i didn't get a check, and i probably never will.

    • @carlkpsplucky5554
      @carlkpsplucky5554 4 года назад

      Ice Cube lol.

    • @ImranAli619.
      @ImranAli619. 4 года назад +1

      They would’ve earned the money through jobs anyways tho

    • @crestfallenwarrior8435
      @crestfallenwarrior8435 2 года назад

      @@ImranAli619. They had to print more money. Not the same thing as just making it at work. That money was already in circulation

  • @ViralKiller
    @ViralKiller 4 года назад +205

    Scoooooiiishhh! Welcome to the brotherhood brother...

    • @MushroomMan64
      @MushroomMan64 4 года назад +2

      o hi

    • @UPAKHOSALA
      @UPAKHOSALA 4 года назад

      Learning for majority is boring and Cumbersome so obviously everything will be schoolish

    • @wattson451
      @wattson451 3 года назад

      @@UPAKHOSALA schoolish? “Scooooiiishhh” is the pronunciation for Scottish. Smh

    • @JudoCruiseGaming
      @JudoCruiseGaming 3 года назад

      @@wattson451 thanks for splainin that, now i get the joke too!

  • @DarthScosha
    @DarthScosha 9 лет назад +116

    Can someone please explain this to me, part of this video i do not understand.
    Ok, so i get that if a country prints money and gives it to its citizens, prices naturally go up, inflation, that makes sense, you cant print too much money, right ?
    Here is what i do not understand. Lets say my country is 1 trillion in debt to the UK Government. So, i print out 1 trillion, throw it in a barrel (hypothetically) and ship it off to the UK Government, my debt is payed off. How exactly does this cause inflation in my country, all of the money i have printed has been used to pay debt.
    Or in other words, if all the apple trees on the island are being chopped down and shipped off to another island, how exactly would that make it cost 10 apples for one banana, no one on the island can use the trees, the government own them and they are being shipped off. If no one can use the forest full of apple trees, it would still be 1 banana for 1 apple.
    As far as the public is aware, the money was never printed, the forest full of apple trees never existed.

    • @Nanofuture87
      @Nanofuture87 9 лет назад +62

      Cloud Strife If the UK government simply kept the 1 trillion in a giant vault, then you'd be correct. However, if and when the UK government starts buying things with that 1 trillion (whether it be in assets denominated in your currency or using it to buy some other currency like GBP), then that currency enters into circulation and causes inflation from supply and demand dynamics.
      This is related to why you can have deflation even if the base money supply is increasing and you end up with situations where central banks impose negative interest rates to try to force money out of the 'vaults' and into circulation.

    • @DarthScosha
      @DarthScosha 9 лет назад +8

      Nanofuture87 So if you are in debt to a country, how would you pay them back without causing their economy to inflate ?
      After you paid them back, wouldn't their economy go back to the way it was before they loaned you the 1 trillion ?

    • @Nanofuture87
      @Nanofuture87 9 лет назад +21

      Cloud Strife Printing money to pay off debt causes inflation to your currency, not theirs. The UK isn't printing GBP in your example. If they started exchanging your currency for GBP, it would actually make their currency stronger (from increasing demand).

    • @DJTeddyJetts
      @DJTeddyJetts 9 лет назад +5

      you are a poor poor simple soul...as well as the exact reason why governments so easily fuck us over. congrats on being ...dumb

    • @maxmuller381
      @maxmuller381 9 лет назад +238

      Terrence Jetter You don't have to insult him, he's just trying to learn. At least he is trying to learn instead of the millions of ignorant people who refuse to learn new things

  • @TheAntiYuu
    @TheAntiYuu 3 года назад +9

    Scrooge McDuck taught me that in Ducktales. "Of you replicate so much money, everyone will have the same wealth, my fortune is worthless."

    • @ndorobei4391
      @ndorobei4391 2 года назад +3

      And Scrooge will be as poor as Donald.

  • @SpeedOfDarknesss
    @SpeedOfDarknesss 4 года назад +23

    You can print money to pay off debt, it’s called debt monetization and pretty much every country in the world does it. The trick is to not do it too much or all at once. Other tricks include borrowing in your own currency and being the world’s reserve currency.

    • @neowuwei7851
      @neowuwei7851 Год назад

      And that's why US debt has reached over $31T in 2023. "How's that strategy working out for you?"

    • @SpeedOfDarknesss
      @SpeedOfDarknesss Год назад

      @@neowuwei7851 I'm not american, so not sure why that question is directed at me lol.
      My point was not to argue in favor of the actions of any specific government, just to point out that "you can't print money to pay debt" is oversimplified and misleading.

    • @neowuwei7851
      @neowuwei7851 Год назад

      @@SpeedOfDarknesss I wasn't addressing that question to you specifically, but more to the audience.

    • @y...salvador...y1497
      @y...salvador...y1497 Год назад

      What u said is meaningless.

    • @SpeedOfDarknesss
      @SpeedOfDarknesss Год назад

      @@y...salvador...y1497 Solid insight, thanks.

  • @KompjuterFantomSrbija
    @KompjuterFantomSrbija 8 лет назад +375

    So, if we burn or destroy money its price goes up?

    • @djprojectus
      @djprojectus 8 лет назад +107

      Kompjuter Fantom If you destroy money theyr value will increase because the volume willdecrease.

    • @KompjuterFantomSrbija
      @KompjuterFantomSrbija 8 лет назад +39

      Jesus i only needed one aswer not 3

    • @KompjuterFantomSrbija
      @KompjuterFantomSrbija 8 лет назад +28

      +Djprojectus well i'm not ungrateful just i wasnt expecting alot of answers thanks anyway

    • @therandomhat_
      @therandomhat_ 8 лет назад +111

      How DARE you be so ungrateful to so many answers! People in deviant art could eat those comments!

    • @tanan8116
      @tanan8116 8 лет назад +5

      Kompjuter Fantom Yep.

  • @kemranullah
    @kemranullah 4 года назад +223

    I tried so hard and got so far, But in the end it doesn't even matter
    Because I ain't understood shit

    • @choirabbit4142
      @choirabbit4142 4 года назад +6

      same

    • @NewEdens
      @NewEdens 4 года назад +6

      In the end, it doesn't really matter!

    • @menudk97
      @menudk97 4 года назад +64

      its okay bro, you've through a tough day, just don print money okay, because if everyone is rich, then everyone is poor

    • @AnthonyRHudson22
      @AnthonyRHudson22 4 года назад +8

      That's a great song by the way...

    • @kmuturi238
      @kmuturi238 4 года назад +12

      Lol, same here. This is like the 100th time am trying to wrap my head around this inflation thing but I've never been successful. I think finance just ain't my thing 😹🏃

  • @ravinjaysiton1669
    @ravinjaysiton1669 4 года назад +6

    This answer my questions for years. Thanks man!

  • @calebtimes453
    @calebtimes453 8 лет назад +41

    It is hard to imagine today that 1 Zimbabwean dollar equalled to 1.25 usa dollars at one point.

    • @chronobound6617
      @chronobound6617 8 лет назад +2

      +Julius Cesaer I don't believe that is true look at Botswana Namibia, Zambia even Tanzania and Malawi maybe even Lesotho and at a push south Africa are safe(r) and more developed African countries with good (better) leaders southern Africa Is nothing like central and east, even west African countries are improving

  • @surajtomar4870
    @surajtomar4870 8 лет назад +36

    For all of u folks who didn't get an A+ in economics Skip to 9:41.

    • @deerwin2470
      @deerwin2470 7 лет назад

      Gunmaster G-9 thanks

    • @markwarburton6201
      @markwarburton6201 5 лет назад

      Tell that to private banks who print the majority of money into circulation through credit demand.
      Suggest you look up Professor Richard Werner and educate yourself.

    • @markwarburton6201
      @markwarburton6201 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/IzE038REw2k/видео.html

  • @TaniaHernandez-lr8el
    @TaniaHernandez-lr8el 5 лет назад +217

    I don’t understand what he is doing with his tongue

    • @watchoutwhat
      @watchoutwhat 5 лет назад +1

      hyper-vetriluquation? :D
      However, thanks to the video creator for the information.

    • @yuegonghuamei6685
      @yuegonghuamei6685 5 лет назад +9

      I know, sound like he use his tongue twist n turn while speak English. Wonder what his mother tongue though?

    • @maogu1999
      @maogu1999 5 лет назад +27

      He's Scottish.

    • @malikaamirkhanmamoon
      @malikaamirkhanmamoon 5 лет назад

      Hahahahahaha.... right

    • @TaniaHernandez-lr8el
      @TaniaHernandez-lr8el 5 лет назад

      That Lazy Trader she's wondering about his tongue too.

  • @Justice4NounTTP
    @Justice4NounTTP Год назад +3

    I remember when I was a child in Hungary my grandmother told me if she did not get my grandfather's daily wage at noon she would've got less then half at the end of the day. So people promised to work to the end of the day, so they can get paid at the middle of it.

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol 10 лет назад +5

    6:14 - Fact: Zimbabweans also use the South African rand, Botswana pula and the Australian dollar.

  • @Asafo87
    @Asafo87 6 лет назад +88

    6:19
    So you mean to tell me that before hyperinflation, Zimbabwe's currency was actually worth more than the US Dollar??
    Yea Mugabe was definitely an idiot...

    • @thesupertsar4473
      @thesupertsar4473 6 лет назад +10

      It was because almost no one was using Zimbabwe dollars in the US at the time and so they were rarer than US currency.

    • @BulletCubing
      @BulletCubing 6 лет назад

      Asafo87 They paraded on the streets when he was booted...

    • @speedyman7768
      @speedyman7768 6 лет назад

      Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 is at war

    • @smrtfasizmu6161
      @smrtfasizmu6161 5 лет назад

      Zimbabwe's debt was not denominated in currency Zimbabwe could print. Completely different story with USA, Japan, or any other country that owes its debt in currency it can print. When Zimbabwe printed its currency, its currency was devaluated, and therefore their national debt got bigger in nominal terms, so no matter how much money they printed, it was never enough, because as supply of Zimbabwe's currency grew, their national debt grew proportionately in nominal terms. If Zimbabwe was, however, able to print dollar, or whatever currency in which their debt was demoninated, they would have easily paid off their debt by printing money.

  • @dannygjk
    @dannygjk 9 лет назад +124

    He says that if money grew on trees it would have the same value as leaves.
    Ironically leaves have real value, they help keep us alive.

    • @TemplarX2
      @TemplarX2 9 лет назад +19

      Dan Kelly Some leaves actually have intrinsic value such salads, tea, tobacco, marijuana (probably the most valuable example) etc.

    • @dannygjk
      @dannygjk 9 лет назад +4

      TemplarX2 Well yes as I said they help keep us alive :)

    • @TemplarX2
      @TemplarX2 9 лет назад +6

      Dan Kelly
      Intrinsic as one leaf can actually match one dollar in some extreme cases. So yes money literally can grow on trees. Usually those trees are illegal though. Plus what you said leaves are the factories of life.

    • @dannygjk
      @dannygjk 9 лет назад +4

      TemplarX2 No, you misunderstood. I mean the value of what leaves do for the ecosystem.

    • @TemplarX2
      @TemplarX2 9 лет назад +1

      Dan Kelly I understood you perfectly. I just added to your statement.

  • @annabanana2329
    @annabanana2329 3 года назад +33

    "if everyone is super, no one is." lmao

  • @maxwellfoli1695
    @maxwellfoli1695 5 лет назад +40

    RUclips should give a star ⭐️ rating system!
    Very clear and understandable video. A lot of education in just 10min.

  • @kqh123
    @kqh123 4 года назад +44

    Inflation is an increase in the money supply; rising prices is just the symptom.

    • @edsknife
      @edsknife 4 года назад +2

      Right, the real problem is when things aren't adjusted to inflation.

    • @movinon1242
      @movinon1242 4 года назад +2

      Increase in the currency supply. The only real money is gold and silver.

    • @kqh123
      @kqh123 4 года назад

      @@movinon1242 true. no need to debate semantics

    • @mutton_man
      @mutton_man 4 года назад +4

      Inflation is an increase in prices, an increase in money doesn't mean that prices increase if goods and production is also increasing. To say increase the money supply will cause inflation is very misleading.

  • @LatterRainMessage
    @LatterRainMessage 5 лет назад +45

    Pardon me, but I would like to share some facts concerning one statement made in the video:
    "Gold and silver technically don't have intristic value"
    Gold and silver have intristically valuable properties; for instance, they are the best conductors of heat and electricity; they are the most ductile and malleable substances; gold doesn't oxidize under normal conditions; and silver before the industrial revolution (sulfer began to be admitted into the atmosphere) wouldn't canker either. Notwithstanding, it doesn't stop there when speaking on the wonderful properties of precious metals; hence, why they are called precious metals. Silver, I believe, has over 10,000 industrial applications from electronics, war equipment, and medical devices. Silver is money; in many languages the word for money is silver. A dollar is defined here in the States, by the supreme law of the land, as a certain weight of silver.

    • @mustafakhuramy8861
      @mustafakhuramy8861 5 лет назад

      Andrew Mosman dasssssss crazzzzzyyyyy bro, but who asked

    • @NighthawkX02
      @NighthawkX02 5 лет назад +5

      Exactly, precious metals can be quite useful, but when they're turned into coins they become useless metals which are given a value based on the belief that it has value, but in reality it already lost it, because now its only purpose is to be exchange.

    • @eternaljudah9926
      @eternaljudah9926 5 лет назад +5

      NightHawk precious metal like Gold and silver never lose value, and it never will. It’s Gods currency

    • @tedlahm5740
      @tedlahm5740 5 лет назад

      We can add farm products to the list of valuable commodities. Eating has not
      been repealed.

    • @sparrtonn6195
      @sparrtonn6195 5 лет назад

      Mustafa Khuramy man stfu get smart

  • @elizabethmark410
    @elizabethmark410 3 года назад +26

    I appreciate this video
    This is exactly what I need as motivation.

    • @bryantom167
      @bryantom167 3 года назад

      When you invest you're buying a day you don't have to work.

    • @brittanyronald208
      @brittanyronald208 3 года назад

      Assets that can make you rich

    • @brittanyronald208
      @brittanyronald208 3 года назад

      Bitcoin
      Stocks
      Real estate

    • @serenitystephen3132
      @serenitystephen3132 3 года назад

      You're right sir, it's obvious a lot of people remain poor due to ignorance
      It's better to take risk and make sacrifices than to remain poor.

    • @sophiealexander3017
      @sophiealexander3017 3 года назад

      It's not ignorance but due to some unprofessional expert in the market.

  • @ifgoh
    @ifgoh 4 года назад +165

    US Fed Reserves is printing unlimited amount of money, in 2020.

    • @robpalac1603
      @robpalac1603 4 года назад +27

      Henry Goh it’s ok tho it’s going to end up in the Top 1% and that’s how they keep getting richer and we more poor so don’t worry about inflation that money only going to a few people.

    • @tiptopchocolatevanilla6421
      @tiptopchocolatevanilla6421 4 года назад +8

      From nothing 🤗

    • @EntikM
      @EntikM 4 года назад +13

      @Female Ranger of Norrath Someone likes the ENTER key a lot

    • @luissantos4264
      @luissantos4264 4 года назад

      @@robpalac1603 wtf you mean its ok listen if 20 years a snickers bar will cost our kids $2 food will be ridiculous high and living wages will just not keep up at the pace the inflation is real it will be felt in near future

    • @RK.7796
      @RK.7796 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/q6vi528gseA/видео.html

  • @SilvanaDil
    @SilvanaDil 7 лет назад +361

    Zimbabwe is small and rather insignificant. God only knows how many Chinese yuan have been printed. It won't be pretty.

    • @wresker8654
      @wresker8654 7 лет назад +3

      I hope you don't use currency to buy anything you use cause that insignificant problem is going to be a whole lot more significant where ever you live!!..You got a small taste in 2008! Get ready

    • @richardbarton8685
      @richardbarton8685 7 лет назад +15

      Ahh, there are much more "dollars" in this world the yuan. The fraud worldwide from all governments and central banks is huge and many of these thieves belong behind bars, not living a posh lifestyle at our expense. Alas, we are all slaves to these scumbags until we do something about it. www.annavonreitz.com

    • @jerichosamurai
      @jerichosamurai 7 лет назад +4

      But South-East Asian currencies are worth less than U.S. dollars inherently by design. Much like how Pennies are worth less. That's why 100 Japanese Yen is equivalent to (generally, the market value changes slightly but stays typically close to) $1

    • @JICM25
      @JICM25 6 лет назад +1

      counterbills money stfu scammer

    • @hoo-rei2746
      @hoo-rei2746 6 лет назад

      Skjdi Zijsi if you can't contribute to higher learning....stay out of it n take your foul mouth with you

  • @Jhihmoac
    @Jhihmoac 4 года назад +21

    Why can't we print our own money? Actually, the Federal Reserve prints their own money, and it is considered "Unconstitutional", but because they're the FED, a Central Bank, they CAN! So answering the original question is that you can't print your own money because you're NOT the Central Bank, and legal crooks DON'T like "competition"...

    • @wojtekthebear4958
      @wojtekthebear4958 4 года назад +4

      Ha, what? You realize conspiracy loons already tried that claim several times over and were shot down in the Supreme Court every time. The Constitution gave Congress the power of creating money, and they delegated that power to the Federal Reserve through the Federal Reserve Act. Much like how the powers of the FBI, UPS, and the lower courts of the US were delegated to them by the original holders of said powers from the constitution.
      Anyway, you can print however much of your own money you want. You just can't print USD as the only authority with the legal authority to do so is the Fed. You want to create Crazcompart Bux to compete with USD? Go right ahead.

    • @unholykill333u9
      @unholykill333u9 4 года назад +1

      You can print your own money; It's called Bitcoin, Etherium, Chucky- Cheese, Monopoly, or Whatever you want to call it.

    • @Dave-dn7yb
      @Dave-dn7yb 4 года назад

      @@wojtekthebear4958 Lol

    • @putinscat1208
      @putinscat1208 3 года назад

      The Treasury prints the money, the Fed puts it into circulation. They don't do this just because. They have to back it with debt securities like Treasury bills. The Fed can also reduce circulated currency under certain conditions. But currency grows. Because if everyone has debt, then where is the currency to represent the interest on that? It has to be created in your accounts, and sometimes physically.

  • @TTerminatorr
    @TTerminatorr 2 года назад +2

    Real nice simple way to explain economics.

  • @nunpuia748
    @nunpuia748 4 года назад +138

    Why can't we just print money
    Money heist: hold my beer

  • @skinnytimmy1
    @skinnytimmy1 11 лет назад +43

    What if you were an American at the time and you moved to Hungary with one American cent? Would you be the richest person in Hungary?

    • @szib96
      @szib96 11 лет назад

      Trust me, the economy there is going to shit by the year so you might actually be able to do this at some point.
      P.S. Im Hungarian,

    • @nickludwig7665
      @nickludwig7665 10 лет назад

      Yes. You would. This would be... legit! For example, you could buy a Ferrari for 1 cent! Moreover, you could return back to the US and sell that Ferrari for $200,000!
      1 cent = $200,000
      again, this is not only for cars, of course (i'm not sure that in 1946 you could buy a Ferrari in Hungary)

    • @ThePenguinExpress
      @ThePenguinExpress 10 лет назад +1

      I would go with all my money, like $8000 USD, and go there, they would give me like 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Hungarian money

    • @darris321
      @darris321 10 лет назад +2

      No because a cent is still a cent. Neither the cent nor all the Hungarian money is worth much. The cent is worth many times the Pengo, but it's still not worth a lot.

    • @KhanggiTanka
      @KhanggiTanka 10 лет назад

      darris321 because you still pay a wheel barrel of money for a apple

  • @HafeezBlackLeg
    @HafeezBlackLeg 4 года назад +40

    remember when the debt is 17trillion dollar? yes, its 7 years ago.... now its 25trillion dollar debt

    • @drewskiv686
      @drewskiv686 3 года назад +4

      28 trillion and counting.

    • @arthochakravorthy6274
      @arthochakravorthy6274 3 года назад +1

      Hey you just gotta *trust* the US or they'll literally murder your country...

  • @durudadlani1931
    @durudadlani1931 2 года назад +4

    We would see scenarios like Zimbabwe and recently like Sri Lanka. Only owners of Reserve Currencies can manipulate the markets and survive.

  • @jovenelpierre2630
    @jovenelpierre2630 5 лет назад +60

    We all know money doesn't grow on trees, I really need to start making extra cash for retirement and investments.

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      @davidkhanh6614 5 лет назад

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    • @davidkhanh6614
      @davidkhanh6614 5 лет назад

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    • @jovenelpierre2630
      @jovenelpierre2630 5 лет назад

      good content I have been making research about forex for a while

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      @davidkhanh6614 5 лет назад

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    • @allenrick331
      @allenrick331 5 лет назад

      interesting

  • @MarlonBitoy
    @MarlonBitoy 10 лет назад +68

    WY: One tenth..
    Me: Ok, ok it can't be that bad.
    WY: ...of a US Penny.
    Me: 0_o

    • @nigor42
      @nigor42 10 лет назад +3

      for more perspective, the US penny is worth less than the metals it is made from.

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 10 лет назад +1

      nigor42 It costs $0.018 to make a penny.
      Also, how does that relate to my post?

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 10 лет назад +1

      ***** $0.018 = 1.8 cents.

    • @kylea.1223
      @kylea.1223 10 лет назад +3

      MarlonBitoy Which means that it costs almost two cents to make a penny...

    • @kylea.1223
      @kylea.1223 10 лет назад

      ***** We should seriously get rid of the penny.

  • @matteomoro3861
    @matteomoro3861 5 лет назад +81

    Mugabe's Ghost: what if we print the money slowly this time
    Rest of the world: sigh

    • @AL-mj3he
      @AL-mj3he 5 лет назад +1

      Not funny dude....

    • @edboss36
      @edboss36 5 лет назад +1

      It will work

    • @speakthetruth795
      @speakthetruth795 4 года назад

      Matteo Moro you need to think your brain 🧠 before you comment . Mugabe is still a hero whether you like it or not atleast you are foreigners from Britain and you didn’t bring Land to Africa so it’s not possible you take African land 😏

    • @compassioniseverything4262
      @compassioniseverything4262 4 года назад

      Mugabe should have taken lessons from China.

  • @ansaqeel1109
    @ansaqeel1109 3 года назад +1

    The ending note steals the show.
    Very informative video💗

  • @Lobos222
    @Lobos222 10 лет назад +34

    Nice video.
    The Roman Empire should have watched it because they never figured out the concept of inflation. So whenever they wanted to "fix" their economic issues of devaluation. They ironically just coined more money.
    Under the Emperor Diocletian it even resulted in the Emperor putting up a Empire wide bartering system for tax collecting. Meaning if you where, for example, a shoe repairman or similar. You could pay your taxes in "X hours of shoe repairing" to the state or a baker could pay "X bread" in order for him to pay hes taxes....

    • @kierantingle6802
      @kierantingle6802 10 лет назад +4

      Someone needs to tell this to the Lannister's, not Rome :D

    • @Lobos222
      @Lobos222 10 лет назад +4

      *****
      Romans and USA can only be compared superficially. It was expansionist warfare that successfully sustained Romans for around ca 500 years.
      And if you are insinuating that USA is broke.
      Then I can inform you that, that is a myth.
      USA has a deficit, but that dose not mean they are broke. Similar to someone that bought a house and therefor has more debt than they make in wages pr year... USA is still the most wealth producing nation in the world and if they had the political will to do so. They could actually balance the budget and remove the deficit within a decade or two without to much sacrifice.
      There are European nations with less national debt that are worse of than USA because they do not have the wealth productivity to back it up, but the main reason people still fall for these myths is because they have a hard time seeing the big picture.

    • @kierantingle6802
      @kierantingle6802 10 лет назад +4

      Lobos222 Wrong they can't pay it back within two decades.
      They aren't the most wealth producing country, China is.
      America isn't someone borrowing money to make a house anyway, its more like a crack head borrowing money to sustain its habits.

    • @Lobos222
      @Lobos222 10 лет назад

      *****
      Civil war does not equal Expansion war.
      Yes, Civil war is a drain, but during the time Roman expanded they benefited from it. That is what I said. I didnt say Roman Empire lasted forever because if it it did it would still be around.
      Romans had a rather small economy because it was slave based which also meant that most Roman Citizens did not have a job and by that didnt create "modern day" demand like the Middle Class do today. And on that note:
      MxTemPerZx
      Biggest economy does not equal most wealthiest. USA has 5x the GDP pr capita than China. Another thing that makes the US economy stronger than the Chinese is because China is a export nation which means its more vulnerable to outside pressure than a consumer based economy like USA.
      "America isn't someone borrowing money to make a house anyway"
      I used a household analogy because most people wrongly think a national economy is like a household one, but at the same time they totally overlook that most people with a house loan are not broke just because they have more debt than their yearly income.
      Of course its better to have a reducing deficit than an increasing one, but that was hardly my point!

    • @SVanTha
      @SVanTha 10 лет назад +1

      MxTemPerZx you're an idiot if you think china is the most wealth producing country. china makes money by servicing the wealthy countries. she's an export economy. more than half her people can't even afford the things they make. if you don't live in a large city in china (the only areas china can afford to modernize with all her 'riches') you live like it was the 1800's. wow, china sooooo rich half her people don't have access to basic water, sewage, gas and fuel facilities.

  • @oceanseahorse3164
    @oceanseahorse3164 4 года назад +17

    I like how the gold bar was eventually exchanged for the pig 🤣

  • @creounity
    @creounity 5 лет назад +33

    8:31 now the debt of the U.S. is over 23 trillion dollars, meanwhile.

    • @josdenhartog7385
      @josdenhartog7385 4 года назад

      1 Trillion per day since today extra printed by FED..... Lets see in a few years what an apple will cost

    • @electrichanoi7244
      @electrichanoi7244 4 года назад

      Add 2 trillion to that

    • @pulkitprakash5843
      @pulkitprakash5843 4 года назад

      now is 200 trillion u

    • @Sluggishbeef6
      @Sluggishbeef6 4 года назад

      I don’t even want to know what’s it’s gunna be by the end of the year... 28-30 trillion.

  • @JudoCruiseGaming
    @JudoCruiseGaming 3 года назад +2

    really cool vid, proud to be your 745,498th subscriba!

  • @akshitbhalla874
    @akshitbhalla874 5 лет назад +32

    1:52 He sold a pig for a gold brick. Genius.

    • @Gamer-uf1kl
      @Gamer-uf1kl 4 года назад +1

      It depends on the size of the pig and the weight of gold

  • @Daniel-wm5fj
    @Daniel-wm5fj 5 лет назад +42

    I still remember when Walter Mondale ( Jimmy Carter's VP ) said that he believed that inflation was caused by the mythical belief that the economy must grow at a rapid pace. Just goes to show how ignorant the politicians think we are.

    • @BigHenFor
      @BigHenFor 4 года назад +3

      In a sense he's right. The wage inflation spiral that ended the Bretton Woods settlement and moved us to fiat money was driven by that belief. The goal of full employment, combined with powerful and effective unions put Labour in the driving seat during a period where the global economy had to be rebuilt. Labour was in short supply, so it had easy access to jobs, with little barriers to entry, so if they didn't like their current jobs, they could quickly find new ones. So, eventually Capital was forced to pay higher wages to attract and retain labour, and that cost was passed on to consumers. Both sides thought the other had more of what they wanted. Labour thought Capital had unlimited means, and Capital thought they needed the Labour, and so they acquiesced. That could not go on of course, and the present economic regime neoliberalism came about as a reaction to that, and its problem is that there is more than enough money for Labour to have a reasonable standard of living now, but much of it is being sequestered by capital, and living standards in the West is falling for Labour. Its the 3 bears problem. If the Bretton Woods was that the porridge was too hot, Neoliberalism's problem is that now its too cold, and the rise of populism is a reaction to that. Unless Capital accepts a reasonable level of return, Labour will want to redress that balance somehow.

    • @NopeSecret
      @NopeSecret Год назад

      Inflation is caused by a growing population and growing economy.
      Inflation is about as pointless as our economy.
      The global economy is designed to ensure 3rd world countries stay poor. The Global economy was really integrated after WW2 and the fall of British Empire. The Global economy was designed to ensure these colonies remain poor and undeveloped.
      When labour is worth less depending on where you are from.. you need to start to understand the issue with society. When a countries currency is not based on how much of it exists or how much money they have in reserve you need to question things.
      When a country can have its currency essentially made valueless on a global scale... there is huge issue.

  • @ChaseRiver2
    @ChaseRiver2 8 лет назад +164

    If money grew on trees it wouldn't be as valuable as leaves because then leaves would be rare

    • @groszak1
      @groszak1 7 лет назад +18

      But it didn't say that Leaves won't grow anymore.

    • @Ihavetowaitdaystochangem-zn2zx
      @Ihavetowaitdaystochangem-zn2zx 7 лет назад +1

      groszak1 then where would leaves grow though? Bushes? They would become the new currency along with gold

    • @biggargantuar5672
      @biggargantuar5672 7 лет назад +3

      They mean the leaves in our universe.

    • @lelandunruh7896
      @lelandunruh7896 7 лет назад +7

      Logical fallacy. Saying "money grows on trees" does not mean "leaves do not grow on trees". That would be like saying "leaves grow on trees" and assuming that nothing else does, when in reality needles (as on evergreens) also grow on trees.

    • @DoctorX149
      @DoctorX149 7 лет назад +3

      I believe the comparison he made was saying that if money grew on trees (instead of leaves, shown in the illustration) That the money in that universe would have equal value to the leaves in our universe, since their role and source would be exactly the same.
      Also, I don't think it's fair to say that suddenly, leaves would be a currency. Leaves probably wouldn't exist in this scenario, where would they come from?
      Nonetheless it's just a simile and we're all overthinking it.

  • @GustavoSilva-ny8jc
    @GustavoSilva-ny8jc 3 года назад +20

    I remember that the Zimbabwe story was so shocking that became printed in my mind, and now rewatching years later i discover that it was not even the worst! (i'm really happy that this is the video, by the way, and that it still exist). I don't understand how leaders of a country can make such stupid decisions... it's mindboggling.
    Awesome presentation and narration, the timing for the "plot twists" was perfect.

    • @Razijall
      @Razijall 3 года назад +1

      Don't worry or even think about it, USA is by far country with bigest debt in the world, and they just continue to print money without any backup. There is numerous videos of that, you could check them as well.

    • @henrygustav7948
      @henrygustav7948 2 года назад +2

      I hear this story told wrong all the time and therefore people become even MORE confused about money and inflation. Zimbabwe had hyperinflation because they took away farmland from skilled white farmers and gave them to unskilled workers totally destroying their ability to produce food. The Govt then paid their soldiers more money to meet the inflated prices due to supply shortages. The cause of the hyperinflation was the destruction of production not printing money. Printing money was an effect not a cause.

    • @GustavoSilva-ny8jc
      @GustavoSilva-ny8jc 2 года назад

      @@henrygustav7948 Crazy the impact of expertise. I only started to understand better after reading "Make it Stick", for certain positions as a doctor you only get that name after years of experience and proving yourself. So the status itself carries great importance, it's like gaining a bjj black belt, only the strongest have that.

    • @silentwatcher1455
      @silentwatcher1455 Год назад +1

      @@henrygustav7948 the production shortfalls will cause inflation but not hyperinflation. Their solution was to print more money. Printing more money cause more inflation which is start of hyperinflation.

    • @henrygustav7948
      @henrygustav7948 Год назад

      @@silentwatcher1455 It starts with shortages. No shortage no hyperinflation. It was also not just shortages, they were catastrophic supply side shortages. Also its not "printing more money" it is paying more for a unit continuously raising the level of prices. If a soldier was getting paid 10 whatever a year then gets paid 15 a year, the Govt is raising the level of prices.

  • @berrdeddy2775
    @berrdeddy2775 4 года назад +6

    Printing money doesn't give you more wealth, just more green paper (If you're in the USA). The only way to get more things is for someone to make more things. This is where productivity comes in by making more things without putting in more time. Overall, if no one produces more things, things will not be available no matter how many pieces of paper you have ready to trade for them.

    • @Waiting664
      @Waiting664 2 года назад

      Productivity or asteroid climate change

  • @zhiracs
    @zhiracs 7 лет назад +5

    I was very excited to hear the segment about the Hungarian Pengo. It's a semi-obscure piece of history that should be taught more widely.

  • @okygoriginal1895
    @okygoriginal1895 8 лет назад +58

    We eat leaves all the time. money doesn't come close.

    • @JasonRMJ
      @JasonRMJ 6 лет назад +2

      aren't latest currencies are now made out of polymer?

  • @madeshs5369
    @madeshs5369 7 месяцев назад

    Exact and quality information what i searched for.Thank You!

  • @ItTizCanadian
    @ItTizCanadian 10 лет назад +121

    When you speak Gaelic is that the same as speaking Irish?

    • @WonderWhy
      @WonderWhy  10 лет назад +51

      Hardly anyone in Scotland actually speaks Gaelic. I certainly don't.

    • @electroguy2007
      @electroguy2007 10 лет назад +8

      WonderWhy Except the people living in the Outer Hebrides

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    • @Abshenonas
      @Abshenonas 9 лет назад +12

      Gaelic is spoken by just over 1% of the population of Scotland but in the outer Hebrides they are a majority. It used to be the language of the whole of Scotland but by the 15th century, the lowlands mostly spoke English, and the highlands, Gaelic. Then in the 19th century, Gaelic started to decline in the Highlands and is today spoken mainly in the Hebrides but even there, not everybody. However Gaelic is undergoing a revival and is gaining popularity as a second language.

    • @MultiAllanski
      @MultiAllanski 9 лет назад

      ItTizCanadian Here in Ireland we dont speak Irish excpect in the Gaeltoch areas but thats still different to Gaelic

  • @superfast2393
    @superfast2393 7 лет назад +4

    An increase in supply doesn't cause an increase in demand it cause an extension. Also, demand and supple are completely separate. One doesn't affect the other. The change in price or quantity demanded is what affect each curve.

  • @JamesPossible
    @JamesPossible 5 лет назад +15

    "if money grew on trees, it would be as valuable as leaves" is this your quote? wondering who to show as the author...thanks

  • @aryabhatt8896
    @aryabhatt8896 Год назад +1

    It was odd to see RUclips's old logo in the video. Makes me feel old.

  • @tron7_
    @tron7_ 8 лет назад +60

    1:20 Money is not paper, it's a mix of cotton and linen.

    • @sashabrinks4848
      @sashabrinks4848 7 лет назад

      ThePootisKing 😂😂

    • @superretroben259
      @superretroben259 7 лет назад +2

      ThePootisKing Not the new English £5

    • @dragon_2cu
      @dragon_2cu 7 лет назад +5

      ThePootisKing Australia’s money is made of plastic, its waterproof and it's extremely hard to tear :)

    • @lillyie
      @lillyie 7 лет назад

      Your brain is not body cells, it's opinion,stupidity, and poop

    • @coasterhockygamingboy9549
      @coasterhockygamingboy9549 7 лет назад +1

      dragon_2cu so is Canada’s money

  • @balazsrako9528
    @balazsrako9528 6 лет назад +128

    Zimbabwe hyperinflation: *exists
    Hungary: hold my beer

    • @env6336
      @env6336 5 лет назад +2

      koszonom balazs rako, nagyon huvos

    • @louisduong2090
      @louisduong2090 5 лет назад +5

      Venezuela: Hold my Bolivar

    • @sonicsoftly
      @sonicsoftly 5 лет назад +2

      @@louisduong2090 Argentina: Hold on, I have to take a peso

    • @daniellemurnett2534
      @daniellemurnett2534 5 лет назад +1

      *Pálinka

    • @cashboy7406
      @cashboy7406 5 лет назад +2

      It's so bad in Zimbabwe I heard there's millionaire tourists that fly down to that country to buy kids.

  • @timgeurts
    @timgeurts 9 лет назад +56

    Maybe money grew on trees but we now call it leaves?

    • @kagez6515
      @kagez6515 9 лет назад

      P

    • @yomamajo6130
      @yomamajo6130 8 лет назад

      Let's tell everyone that and they will belive xd

    • @Unberable
      @Unberable 8 лет назад

      +todd dyer Yeah, so money it's not made of trees

    • @RomanSilva21
      @RomanSilva21 8 лет назад +1

      lol ... i guess so... 👍 and i seriously think thats where the saying came from 😂

    • @RomanSilva21
      @RomanSilva21 8 лет назад +2

      +Roman Silva @tim

  • @felixuti8416
    @felixuti8416 3 года назад +67

    Nice content. I don't know who, but someone actually needs to hear this, you've got to stop saving all your money. Venture into saving some, if you really want financial stability.

    • @patderrick6474
      @patderrick6474 3 года назад +1

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      @frankyuldi1131 3 года назад

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      @frankyuldi1131 3 года назад

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    • @derrickmaxwell8163
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  • @TzeenProductions
    @TzeenProductions 10 лет назад +15

    What if you just printed money in secret, then gave it to another country? Nobody would think to account for inflation because a very small amount of people would know. Would this work?

    • @Crazyfreak00Studios
      @Crazyfreak00Studios 10 лет назад

      Well it would be counterfeit money, and thus illegal. It really just comes down to how much of what you print gets circulated. Though it would in theory cause inflation, due to the amount of money currently in inflation, if you were to print enough to affect anything, it would no doubt be discover by a master of the mint.

    • @TzeenProductions
      @TzeenProductions 10 лет назад

      What I meant was that if no one knew, and It wouldn't come back to the country. Just straight to the other country, would that work?

    • @Crazyfreak00Studios
      @Crazyfreak00Studios 10 лет назад

      Well when the other country spends it, and the new owner spends it, rinse and repeat. You never know where it will end up. Bu yes, it would work to not increase granted you don't print ridiculous amounts. Counterfeit money is being made right now, but it really isn't effecting inflation that much.

    • @TzeenProductions
      @TzeenProductions 10 лет назад

      Ah, thank you.

    • @jboner2121
      @jboner2121 10 лет назад

      ***** If there was suddenly an extra few trillion dollars in our economies then supply for all good and services would go up and inflation would go up all over the world, not just in the states

  • @waltz9533
    @waltz9533 7 лет назад +62

    All the dislikes are from 5 year olds who don't understand the video

    • @Ashegao
      @Ashegao 6 лет назад +1

      Supergamer 12322 LOL

    • @Ashegao
      @Ashegao 6 лет назад +5

      Oh and also I showed this vid to my little sister who is around that age and she understands everything

    • @luckylui3282
      @luckylui3282 5 лет назад +1

      Too bad the video is mostly BS nonsense for all ages.

    • @raykeemer7674
      @raykeemer7674 5 лет назад

      @@luckylui3282 wut

    • @luckylui3282
      @luckylui3282 5 лет назад

      @@raykeemer7674 wut wut

  • @halogenguy
    @halogenguy 4 года назад +9

    If I had an apple tree in my backyard, I'd keep those apples hidden and still trade them one each for another fruit. This will ensure I always have an apple to trade whenever I need another fruit. There must be something I'm missing...

    • @devramsurrun3820
      @devramsurrun3820 3 года назад +2

      When those apples are ripe you have to trade them or they all will rot and attract loads of fruit flies.

    • @anawesomepet
      @anawesomepet 3 года назад

      Give out currency -> everyone has more currency because of you => currency is worth less

  • @SamuelCalypse
    @SamuelCalypse 4 года назад +3

    You made such concept easily understandable, I wonder why I didn’t subscribe to WonderWhy earlier.

  • @gavdingo
    @gavdingo 5 лет назад +33

    Germany 1928:
    *Hey I’ve Seen This One*

  • @maezaranimations
    @maezaranimations 5 лет назад +10

    2:15
    AHA! After watching this like 20 times, I found it!
    He said 1972 instead of 1792!

  • @micksination
    @micksination 10 лет назад +21

    So, if I destroyed a dollar bill by, say, burning it for example, would I raise the value of everyone else's dollar bills, even if it would be only a VERY insignificant amount?

    • @SonarWavePulse
      @SonarWavePulse 10 лет назад +24

      Yep, pretty much.
      Again, it would be extremely, utterly insignificant, but it'd be there.

    • @anteater2536
      @anteater2536 10 лет назад +4

      the rarer, the better

    • @Jack.Strait
      @Jack.Strait 10 лет назад +8

      not unless you told everyone about it. If you burned a dollar in secret, the faith value would remain the same.

    • @DL-xv9dm
      @DL-xv9dm 10 лет назад +3

      Good idea. I would burn every last penny of value Bill Gates has to make me richer.

    • @Rolfwar
      @Rolfwar 10 лет назад +3

      Which is why burning money is illegal

  • @godsnamesamuel5210
    @godsnamesamuel5210 3 года назад

    This is probably the best or one of the best videos I ever watched on the internet.

  • @akbarallardfreichmann2938
    @akbarallardfreichmann2938 6 лет назад +4

    The real money is made by people. Working and living together. With some basic rules of respect and trust for and in each other. Gaining knowledge and skills. And staying loyal to each other is difficult times. That's the real value.

  • @chenhoward7807
    @chenhoward7807 9 лет назад +135

    "when you have the biggest army in the world, you can do whatever you want"-America

    • @sharpchain_1862
      @sharpchain_1862 9 лет назад +5

      +415Underdog America doesn't attack those bigger countries cuz they don't need to

    • @johnycash8291
      @johnycash8291 8 лет назад +4

      +chen howard US can attack any country if they have oil. US chases oil like crackhead chases crack. :D

    • @alexanderdaboss7468
      @alexanderdaboss7468 8 лет назад

      +chen howard but they don't have the biggest army in the world......

    • @jr-wn9yf
      @jr-wn9yf 8 лет назад +3

      +415Underdog Conventional warfare doesn't exist anymore. It's not about who has the bigger army. It's about whose territory you are fighting on. It's a lot harder to go into Vietnam and fight against guerrilla war fighters than to fight in a conventional war against them.

    • @jr-wn9yf
      @jr-wn9yf 8 лет назад +1

      +415Underdog The U.S. didn't lose the war, they pulled out because all the hippies were getting tired of fighting and there were protests and all that shit basically.

  • @nevillej
    @nevillej 8 лет назад +208

    To save you 10 mins, there can really only be a certain amount of money circulating before the value goes down. Your welcome

    • @mohnishhh
      @mohnishhh 8 лет назад

      Neville J. I'm

    • @bentley6616
      @bentley6616 8 лет назад +14

      Neville J. My welcome?

    • @NicolasLezcanopy
      @NicolasLezcanopy 8 лет назад +4

      In conclusion, SCARCITY AND USEFULNESS IS VALUE.

    • @OnamKingtheKing
      @OnamKingtheKing 7 лет назад +23

      yeah but he explained the concept well, and why should I "save" 10 minutes from a well done educational video?

    • @ezpz4776
      @ezpz4776 7 лет назад

      Onam King 10 minutes is way too much to explain a single basic concept

  • @NoOne-jy6mc
    @NoOne-jy6mc 3 года назад +2

    Inflation doesn't matter if manufacturers are incentivized to produce more goods to outweigh demand. It's only when manufacturers quit, that shortages become widespread, regardless of currency value.