The Debt Paradox: Why the US Borrows Despite Printing Money 💰

Why does the USA borrow if it can print the world's money? Take a deep dive into the history of Monetary Theory.
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In 1971, Nixon dropped a financial bomb more powerful than any nuke - ending the gold standard forever. This video explores how money evolved from rice to gold to pure debt, why the US debt is unique compared to other countries and how the dollar became the world's game money. Why does the US government need to borrow money if it can create it? Is USA $36 trillion debt heading for collapse or is this just how modern money works? I explore both perspectives through a simple board game analogy anyone can understand...

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - The US becomes the Monopoly banker
2:00 - The $36 trillion debt paradox
3:00 - Money origins: Rice as the first currency
4:00 - Labor theory of value and food wealth
5:30 - Problems with rice money and rise of gold
7:00 - How natural prices emerge (two-tank analogy)
8:30 - Inflation/deflation: winners and losers
11:30 - Wörgl's experiment and MV=PQ
13:00 - Venice's crisis and forced loans
14:30 - Birth of debt-based money
16:00 - Goldsmiths and fractional reserve banking
18:00 - Credit collapse and chains of debt
19:30 - Central banking and financial stability
21:00 - Wartime monetary expansion
22:30 - Bretton Woods and dollar dominance
24:00 - Nixon's decision and the fiat era
25:30 - The three-tier monetary world
27:00 - Modern implications: debt vs. growth
28:30 - Conclusion: The future of money

keywords:
How do Treasury bond yields and Federal Reserve policies impact the debt crisis?
What does this mean for inflation and global trade in 2025?
Can the U.S. sustain this debt, or are we on the brink of a financial reset?
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