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  • Опубликовано: 13 апр 2011
  • Bernanke footage courtesy of the National Press Club (www.press.org)
    Dudley footage courtesy of the New York Federal Reserve (www.newyorkfed.org)
    Video footage of Bernanke contradicting himself can be watched on the 60 Minutes website: newvideos.xtran...
    I encourage everyone to watch all these speeches and interviews in full while making up their minds.
    by Omid Malekan
    www.omidmalekan.com
    @malekanoms

Комментарии • 215

  • @potentwhisper7983
    @potentwhisper7983 6 лет назад +10

    I really want to thank you, so sincerely, for your videos. I have learned so much from you and your videos have been helpful in informing my work. Respect.

  • @edwardsrubyg
    @edwardsrubyg 10 лет назад +17

    Your videos are great. Would be great for school kids to really have a good grasp of how the economy's currency works. Best wishes.

  • @JejuLee
    @JejuLee 13 лет назад +6

    "In a world where cartoon bears on RUclips are the most reliable source of information, anything is possible."
    That line will become famous in the coming decades--and for as long as civilization survives.

    • @patrickw9706
      @patrickw9706 Год назад +1

      Thanks to the bears I get it now

  • @irongoat1000
    @irongoat1000 11 лет назад +4

    1:02 "How exactly does printing money cause inflation?" Answer: If the cook adds additional water to your bowl of soup, the nutritional value of each spoonful of the new mixture is diluted and it takes more spoonfuls to get the same value as before the water was added. Same with money; if more money is added to the money supply the purchasing power of each dollar is diluted and it takes more of them to buy the same goods and /or services as before the "new" money was added. THIS IS INFLATION.

  • @RockTheOcean4me
    @RockTheOcean4me 13 лет назад +3

    Excellent video, I really needed this one.
    The whole subject is so complex but this made it a piece of cake, thank you !
    Sharkie

  • @flwagr1
    @flwagr1 12 лет назад +2

    These videos are fantastic! So creative! Thank you.

  • @davelovesdrums
    @davelovesdrums 11 лет назад +1

    'He probably doesn't know what a poor person is'. Hahahaha. Love it.

  • @matthewackerson7861
    @matthewackerson7861 3 года назад +2

    Watching in 2021 and is this video is an amazing playbook. Thanks for the excellent video

  • @powerdude_dk
    @powerdude_dk 11 лет назад +1

    Nice video, and I really like the last sentence!

  • @ManOfDeath567
    @ManOfDeath567 10 лет назад +1

    Politicians owned by big corporations? Hardly. The biggest political donors have all been unions. Not corporations.

  • @sharkanalyst
    @sharkanalyst 13 лет назад +1

    rofl:
    male: "dumb logic is at the core of modern economic theory"
    female: "so is there a good alternative to modern economic theory?"
    male: "yes, it is called common sense"

  • @Teriiqua
    @Teriiqua 13 лет назад

    Finally enlightened! So our seniors don't get cost of living increases because food and gas prices are not counted in calculating the cost of living.

  • @ABCABC-qc6gp
    @ABCABC-qc6gp 10 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the vid, really helpful! I also found a good explanation of inflation and the equation of exchange in "Great Formulas Explained" by Bektas.

  • @j33433
    @j33433 13 лет назад

    Volatile does not mean up and down. Instead, it implies a large variance.

  • @omarharo3132
    @omarharo3132 Год назад

    Hi! I'm trying to find other videos like these, I distinctly remember these particular "oh no why" cartoon videos featuring a guy and girl talking in an office years ago about society/politics. Can someone please help me find them???

  • @tempjohn1111
    @tempjohn1111 13 лет назад +2

    "The Bernank" :)

  • @borland258
    @borland258 4 года назад

    Omg I found this gem today. Hitting subscribe harddddd

  • @timmytimmyo
    @timmytimmyo 13 лет назад

    @milnekevin QE is like throwing a lick of paint over an old rusty motor, at first the car looks like brand new but after a few months the rust starts to show again and the problem has become much much worse.

  • @redarrowhead2
    @redarrowhead2 13 лет назад

    There are 2 possible causes for inflation: either the cost of producing goods increases or people spend more money on goods and thus bump up prices. The reason many economists favor inflation is because when the Fed injects money and lowers interest rates, the inflation is consumer driven inflation. People simply spend more and get the economy moving. Confidence goes up and up until a bust comes and people realize that the wealth they thought was there really wasn't.

  • @dramaqueenrobin
    @dramaqueenrobin 5 лет назад +1

    LOL --that last line!

  • @TheTruthHurtsYup
    @TheTruthHurtsYup 12 лет назад

    I did not mean there will be a "100%" decline in healthcare issues, I said that 100% for sure you will see a decline in all diseases with proper nutrition being key in our society.

  • @ThorkilKowalski
    @ThorkilKowalski 13 лет назад +1

    How do you know Bernanke is lying?
    -
    -
    -....
    His lips are moving!

  • @StanleyDHYoo
    @StanleyDHYoo 12 лет назад

    Whoa! Those talking dogs were on tv!!! hahaha

  • @TheAceDread
    @TheAceDread 13 лет назад

    "...taking both sides is the only way you can be right." Doublethink is here, my friends. George Orwell was right.

  • @xzjatx
    @xzjatx 13 лет назад

    You can't get something for nothing. "That new money is confused for real loanable funds, but it's just inflation..."

  • @TheTruthHurtsYup
    @TheTruthHurtsYup 11 лет назад

    I did not mean diseases will decline 100%, I said you will 100% see a decline in all diseases like I already explained. Don't know why this is so hard to understand for some people.

  • @brianordonez3525
    @brianordonez3525 10 лет назад +3

    Those were bears?! I thought they were pigs xD

  • @katooom
    @katooom 13 лет назад

    female "but what about people who cannot afford a fancy phone"
    male "they are screwed"

  • @jpkm123
    @jpkm123 12 лет назад

    in response to your "The most basic necessity of life is healthcare, not food or gas!" see which one you can survive longest without

  • @prefuseAsa
    @prefuseAsa 10 лет назад

    I made a typo, instead of most, all should be in place.

  • @LaureanoLuna
    @LaureanoLuna 12 лет назад

    Printing more money doesn't necessarily implies inflation; it implies more demand; whether this results in inflation or more production depends on the slope of the curve of aggregate supply. More money means lower interest rates, more investments, more jobs, higher wages, more production. Enemies of money printing are always friends of high interest rates and low wages.

  • @satvistayou
    @satvistayou 12 лет назад

    Brilliant Stuff

  • @rimservices
    @rimservices 13 лет назад

    - Is there a good alternative to modern economic theory?
    - It's called the common... ism!

  • @jpkm123
    @jpkm123 12 лет назад

    Try going for 6 weeks without visiting a doctor
    then try living for 6 weeks without any food
    See which one is tougher

  • @SchoolOfTrade
    @SchoolOfTrade 13 лет назад

    Great explanation of how inflation works. Day Trader and Speculators watch this stuff all day long. whats your point of view?

  • @colddrake80
    @colddrake80 12 лет назад

    Mortimer strikes me as a troll. However, a 100% decline in healthcare issues? Please. Healthcare is very important. For years our system has forced people to chose between getting needed care and being financially ruined or taking unnecessary risks and not getting care.

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    You are forgetting that as demand increases, the prices rise. Printing money would only cause inflation. Also, you are assuming that by having more money, the country will have more wealth, and that isn't true. Money represents the wealth of a nation, and more recently, the promise that a nation can pay (countries have debts). If you divide that wealth into more parts (printed money), everything would cost more and production costs would rise, and the price of the finished goods would go up too.

  • @LaureanoLuna
    @LaureanoLuna 11 лет назад

    But even those who are not extremely familiar with economics know that more money means lower interest rates and increased demand, which in turn implies more investments, more production and more jobs!
    And lower rates and increased demand affect positively also those foreign investors who want to borrow and invest in the country in productive business.

  • @FletchforFreedom
    @FletchforFreedom 11 лет назад

    To the contrary, only WEALTH (value) increases increase production. An increase in the money supply will increase production wherever the funds are injected into the economy but the devaluation of the remaining currency reduces production elsewhere. Employment levels behave similarly, regardless of whether full employment has been approached or not.
    Apparently, you've been wrong for weeks.

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    That part is actually true, because wages don't increase at the same rate inflation does.

  • @prefuseAsa
    @prefuseAsa 10 лет назад

    This isn't true, some have been unions sure, but not most.
    My point being that politicians are bought out.
    To the original point, wealth inequality doesn't exist if you have money. Then it suddenly disappears.

  • @prefuseAsa
    @prefuseAsa 10 лет назад

    I am not arguing, but i would like you to further that statement, how would it make it worse?

  • @insurancegame
    @insurancegame 12 лет назад

    Very good video and very well done in high quality

  • @cafemm
    @cafemm 13 лет назад

    I love the final sentence

  • @FletchforFreedom
    @FletchforFreedom 11 лет назад

    The minimum wage is a legal constraint. It has no connection to what people are typically paid. Only about 2.5% of the labor force makes the minimum wage or less and, as most are teenagers and other people living in a household where someone else is the primary income generator, virtually NO ONE lives on it. And home ownership, education levels and car ownership has BALLOONED as the minimum wage has remained unchanged so your conclusion is entirely false.

  • @Namaste1001
    @Namaste1001 11 лет назад

    How is that working out for you?

  • @LaureanoLuna
    @LaureanoLuna 11 лет назад

    You're wrong. It's a math question. But if you don't want to do the math, consider that when demand increases, suppliers can also increase production (NOT JUST PRICES) to meet increased demand. Concurrence prevents them from JUST raising prices. In case of unemployment, with unemployed resources, you can raise production without raising mean cost, so that prices should not rise much.
    ONLY IF THE SUPPLY CURVE IS VERTICAL ON THE POINT OF FULL EMPLOYMENT THINGS BEHAVE AS YOU DEPICT THEM.

  • @wildgift2
    @wildgift2 13 лет назад

    I don't see a causal relationship between the qe and inflation in consumer goods. I thought it was a flight of capital away from real estate and into commodities.

  • @DJBremen
    @DJBremen 13 лет назад

    Yes thank you for another one!

  • @LaureanoLuna
    @LaureanoLuna 11 лет назад

    You are forgetting that increase in money supply increases production, so that it is not the case that you must divide more money by the same number of goods.
    Have you ever operated with global supply and demand curves in Cartesian coordinates? Please, do it and you'll find that increased demand causes more production except in the rare case in which the supply curve is completely vertical.
    Please, do it.

  • @tganubis
    @tganubis 13 лет назад

    The economy is not a zero-sum game. You can, in fact, get something for nothing.

  • @BMac7773
    @BMac7773 13 лет назад

    Its actually not really printing money. They are issuing debt. Not the same thing, but close.

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    If you read closely:
    If, however, there is little or no spare capacity, an increase in nominal aggregate demand (printed money creates demand) is likely to be purely inflationary, or virtually so. This would the case at point b in the diagram. Real national income cannot expand beyond the full-capacity level, YFC. Under such circumstances, any attempt by the government to stimulate economic growth should focus on the supply side and attempt to shift the aggregate supply curve to the right.

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    If there's more money printed, the currency has less adquisitive power, and the country is no longer a good place to invest. I think that's what he meant.

  • @ManOfDeath567
    @ManOfDeath567 10 лет назад

    Because not only has socialism failed in practice, but also in theory. A group of people in a command economy simply cannot attend to the unlimited wants of society. Only individuals can meet their own needs.

  • @zekehooper
    @zekehooper 13 лет назад

    I agree with this but the main thing I get from this is that it is better to be rich than poor....so learn how to be rich.

  • @jhlwd85
    @jhlwd85 13 лет назад

    Just because the money has not made it's way into the economy does not mean that cost-push inflation cannot mainfest itself and affect everyday consumers. The fact the excess reserves are high and the money from QE2 hasn't made it's way into the economy overlooks the fact that investors chasing yield have been pushed out of fixed income assets and have invested their funds in commodities, stock and high yield bonds. Inflation is the only way to get debtors (Americans and America) out of debt.

  • @damiantorn5799
    @damiantorn5799 11 лет назад

    To compute a min. wage in USA, general economic conditions as measured by real & nominal GDP; inflation; labor supply & demand; wage levels, distribution & differentials; employment terms; productivity growth; labor costs; business operating costs; the number & trend of bankruptcies; economic freedom rankings; standards of living and the prevailing average wage rate are used. Obviously this gives a lot of play.
    Australia is $16.45/hr., perhaps the highest, is an interesting experiment.

  • @raymondbastocl4353
    @raymondbastocl4353 11 лет назад

    Firstly, in most Nations, minimum wage increases at a similar rate to inflation which is controlled by the central bank to around 2-3% (really low). Secondly, inflation is required so that "unconventional" monetary policy can be used in times where the cash rate is 0 to stimulate the economy. ie quantitative easing to increase inflation to decrease real interest rates!

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    Money simply facilitates the way people trade goods and services. There is only so much demand for all the goods and services generated in an economy, so if you suddenly start printing money, you get more money chasing the same amount of goods and services. This causes the value of the money to go down, thereby causing the price of all goods and services to go up (wealth cannot just be generated out of thin air), and since you can't print raw materials, there can't be more production.

  • @foggymedia
    @foggymedia 12 лет назад

    So much common sense and basic fact insight packed in six and a half youtube minutes.

  • @ZoneTelevision
    @ZoneTelevision 12 лет назад

    @FedupwithR The feeling of guilt is a barometer with which to gauge your social and moral boundaries. IT is there to remind you that there things we do and things we don't do to one another. If one does not feel remorse for behavior that is destructive the individual will continue in the wrong direction and may impart their poor destructive behavior to someone else.

  • @milnekevin
    @milnekevin 13 лет назад

    Just so people don't believe this. Inflation doesn't make the values of stocks increase. If anything inflation makes the value of investments go down because whatever interest rate your bond for example is getting will decrease in real value because of inflation.
    As for why QE occurs, it's because it puts liquidity into the market, which increases GDP growth and reduces unemployment.

  • @LaureanoLuna
    @LaureanoLuna 11 лет назад

    Hence, ONLY if there is no unemployment will more money induce ONLY higher inflation and no additional production. That's what I've been saying for weeks.
    Of course, with full employment economic policy should focus on supply. Agreed.

  • @hkhalid1539
    @hkhalid1539 11 лет назад

    invest your savings in gold and other precious metals. These commodities have intrinsic value and are not vulnerable to inflation. In fact, while the value of money decreases in the future, the value of gold will increase.

  • @paperbakriter77
    @paperbakriter77 13 лет назад

    coming from a poor person, who is also educated...I think the video is brilliant. However, I think the research I've had to do on QE to write my paper on THIS video is pretty stupid. QE in and of itself is pretty stupid. And I agree with Omid - this is the beginning of the fall of Rome. We pulled ourselves out of this in earlier years because we were smart enuff to watch ourselves - now we just want to spend, spend, spend.

  • @drshlotzkin
    @drshlotzkin 13 лет назад

    Yes but typically economic growth(jobs/increase in wages) backed the inflation rate increase... I think they are saying the money is still coming into existence somehow(inflation), but the jobs/wages to support it haven't been up enough. Yes/No? There are a lot of explainations and the Bernank (Bernanke Bank) one is the most obvious to a lot of people.

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    You are assuming wages increase at the same rate of inflation, and this is not true. If things become more expensive, and you still earn the same as before, how can you possibly save money. And would you mind giving me some examples of "inflation resistant" investments available to the average citizen?

  • @aceyorba
    @aceyorba 13 лет назад

    our government is OUT OF CONTROL

  • @prefuseAsa
    @prefuseAsa 10 лет назад

    /watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM
    this link will save me words
    American Capitalism starves the poor. A country ran by politicians that are owned by big corporations is not the best system for those of us that are not in the top dollar bracket. That is a fact that can't be ignored.

  • @amarranazo
    @amarranazo 12 лет назад

    I prefer the bears, but am glad to see inflation discussed by people too.

  • @samsung5181
    @samsung5181 8 лет назад

    Hahahaha cool video! "bears most reliable info". lol. Nice!!!

  • @wopwops0482
    @wopwops0482 13 лет назад

    Yes, the Ben Bernank!

  • @Phl3xable
    @Phl3xable 11 лет назад

    Free markets cause inflation? Do you know ANY history? Prices have fallen constantly in countries with freer markets.

  • @davidzapasnik9067
    @davidzapasnik9067 11 лет назад

    I expect that you will continue to purchase delicious Nutella™ Hazelnut Spread regardless of the cost. If the price were to rise to $8.50 per unit, i'm certain you would continue to purchase Nutella™ Hazelnut Spread. The flavor! The ease with which it spreads! The creamy texture! What would the world be like without Nutella™?
    The real question is..."What will you have to give up to continue buying Nutella at $9.00....$10.00...$11.00...?"

  • @jramc89
    @jramc89 11 лет назад

    But if you barely made it through the week with your paycheck before, wouldn't the inflation make it even harder to save money?

  • @buaguy
    @buaguy 13 лет назад

    @BMac7773 You're correct. The issue is that all money in the US is created in this manner (apart from physical coins). Recommended reading: monetary.org

  • @JoeJamison12
    @JoeJamison12 11 лет назад

    as other countries develop, wages go up making it less desirable to produce things there, this is beginning to happen in china and india

  • @InstTaxSolutionsLLC
    @InstTaxSolutionsLLC 11 лет назад

    That was pretty good with including news clips in the video. "Dumb logic" does not mix with "common sense."

  • @ricksj16
    @ricksj16 11 лет назад

    Year- 435630 A.D. (In a non-violent thriving society)
    Scientist 1: Hey scientist 2 lets look at these species, they are very interesting.
    Scientist 2: Yes, they seam to have chosen this "Bernank" to "lead" them.
    Scientist 1: This Bernank used big words in his speech to trick the rest of the species.
    Scientist 2: What's even more fascinating is that they trade this inedible cotton (money) that decreased in value every day for food!
    S1,S2: Conclusion, these species have devolved in intelligence.

  • @anigopal
    @anigopal 13 лет назад

    @tatomuck18
    For example (to explain real vs. nominal)
    Person A holds stock worth $10. Inflation is 10% so all the prices, stock prices included, go up by 10% (obviously this is a gross generalization). As a result, Person A now has $11. But bread which used to cost $1 now costs $1.10 because of inflation. As a result, real wealth has not changed since buying bread takes up the same proportion of your assets. Nominal wealth has increased because in $11 is more than $10. Hope that clears it up.

  • @ManOfDeath567
    @ManOfDeath567 10 лет назад

    American Capitalism leads to the best system. Wealth inequality is a divisive and subjective term that has no meaning. People with different incomes exist in every economy.

  • @iamknife7
    @iamknife7 13 лет назад

    So true, I think the world would work a lot better if everyone used common sense.

  • @shashwatgangwal8706
    @shashwatgangwal8706 4 года назад

    I would urge everyone out here watch Hidden secrets of Money by Mike Maloney on youtube its an eye opening watch.

  • @purdyquibb
    @purdyquibb 13 лет назад

    There must be 14 people working for Bernanke. lol

  • @LaureanoLuna
    @LaureanoLuna 11 лет назад

    What do you mean by the Fed backing up the printed money? That makes no sense to me.
    Money is no promise to pay; money is simply power of demand; more money is more demand. If you plot global demand and supply curves on Cartesian coordinates, you'll see that increased demand means increased production, unless the supply curve is completely vertical, which is extremely rare. Please, do it and tell me.
    It'll show you that money is real, it's real demand, hence real production, hence real jobs.

  • @jthernandez3909
    @jthernandez3909 12 лет назад

    Thanks I appreciate this tons
    Even though it brings up a anger 10 times more powerful if someone cuts me off on the road.

  • @damiantorn5799
    @damiantorn5799 11 лет назад

    Yes, yes, yes . . . printing money is a stupid thing . . .
    BUT guess what people who owned homes did before the crash 07/08 -
    They took out 110% loans on the value of their homes' "equity" to buy cars, computers, vacations, etc. **Home owners "printed" their own money, too!**
    Anyone with any kind of financial sense knows taking loans on unrealized gains is a very risky idea.
    And today, 2013? People are taking loans against their investment accounts greater than on home values pre-crash as above.

  • @TheTruthHurtsYup
    @TheTruthHurtsYup 12 лет назад

    @MortimerTheClueless , yes you are clueless. Without quality food you will NEED healthcare because of heath issues. If we focused on good food, getting the proper nutrients day to day, you will 100% see a decline in all diseases and reducing the "need" for heathcare.

  • @luckynumber05
    @luckynumber05 13 лет назад

    Liked it. Also liked the QE video with teddy bears. I couldn't give it a thumbs up because of the lanaguage. Clean it up and you might get more exposure

  • @audiopro316
    @audiopro316 12 лет назад

    @FedupwithR Well put.

  • @Pcesco27
    @Pcesco27 12 лет назад

    "Its called Common......Sense" haha

  • @M0rmagil
    @M0rmagil 13 лет назад

    Having stocks doesn't mean you make money from inflation. It just means that you are not degraded by it. A share in, say, Exon, is still worth a share if inflation hits 10 or 20%. Unless the companies have a lot of cash reserves. If that is the case, then that company IS hurt by high inflation. Apple, with it's high cash reserves, will be negatively impacted by inflation.

  • @peaktopeakmarketing
    @peaktopeakmarketing 13 лет назад

    Really good. When Ben Bernanke is talking he is lying.

  • @SaviorOfLogic
    @SaviorOfLogic 13 лет назад

    @JonnyRocketfingers Yes, 'Austrian right wingers' like, erm, who? Austrians are (almost entirely) libertarian in one way or another. They get information from other sources (such as mises dot org) and the fact is, our current economy is essentially a pantomime between the public sector and corporations.

  • @11111110
    @11111110 13 лет назад

    Inflation is a legitimate concern, yet it isn't. For all the hyperventilating about the oncoming hyperinflation apocalypse, inflation rates dropped in 2009 and 2010 to their lowest levels in decades. In 2010 there was almost no inflation at all. So when libertarians insist that all this money-printing is going to render the dollar worthless, and instead inflation rates drop to historic lows....ehhh....

  • @BMac7773
    @BMac7773 13 лет назад

    @buaguy No its really not the same thing. Think about it. Someone hands you $10,000 dollars, what are you gonna do? Go spend it right? Someone loans you $10,000, your not gonna be so quick to run and spend it all right? It is a subtle difference, but issuing debt instead of printing money, really makes a huge difference. Now just do that on a bigger scale, the fed loans banks huge sums of money, but those banks have to pay it back at interest, albeit very low interest, same with the gov.

  • @Tikiman03
    @Tikiman03 12 лет назад

    Good video except the line "Economists like to ignore the obvious, so they can sound smarter than us." Yeah okay, as if economists do their jobs in order to be smarter than the average citizen. Food and gas prices are volatile.

  • @ZoneTelevision
    @ZoneTelevision 13 лет назад

    Bear Markets, The Bear necessities, The Bear Facts..
    I think I'll vote for a Bear in the next election. :)

  • @phlather
    @phlather 13 лет назад

    Bastiat, Mises, Hazlitt, Paul, etc etc.
    Read "Economics in one lesson" Less then 200 pages and perfect in explaining basic Macroeconomics.