This is a video series that I have watched a few times, certain chapters more than others. It is something that I recommend. Some parts of the videos are more America-centric than others, but for the way it illuminates the connection between debt based economies, exponential growth based economics; in the face of ever dwindling, harder to access resources; I think it is very good to watch. We can't manufacture and consume in a growing fashion forever, natural resources aren't infinite.
{The America-centric stuff, can probably be just as easily applied to other countries running on similar systems.}
As I have been feeling since I started learning more about how the economy and how money works, "Better to be prepared for the worst and not need to use it...than to think everything HAS to work out, and then be thrown into chaos without warning."
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
The Crash Course seeks to provide you with a baseline understanding of the economy so that you can better appreciate the risks that we all face.
[available in Spanish and French as well.]
How long will it take?
Chapters are between 3 and 20 minutes in length. All 20 sections take 3 hours and 23 minutes to watch in full.
-- Introduction (on this page, above)...1:47.... Espa?ol, Français
1 Three Beliefs.................................1:46.... Espa?ol, Français
2 The Three "E"s...............................1:38.... Espa?ol, Français
3 Exponential Growth........................6:20.... Espa?ol, Français
4 Compounding is the Problem...........3:06.... Espa?ol, Français
5 Growth vs. Prosperity.....................3:40.... Espa?ol, Français
6 What is Money?..............................5:55.... Espa?ol, Français
7 Money Creation..............................4:19.... Espa?ol, Français
8 The Fed - Money Creation................7:13.... Espa?ol, Français
9 A Brief History of US Money.............7:14.... Espa?ol, Français
10 Inflation........................................11:48.... Espa?ol, Français
11 How Much Is A Trillion?....................3:28.... Espa?ol, Français
12 Debt.............................................12:32.... Espa?ol, Français
13 A National Failure To Save..............12:06.... Espa?ol, Français
14 Assets & Demographics..................13:41.... Espa?ol, Français
15 Bubbles........................................14:10.... Espa?ol, Français
16 Fuzzy Numbers..............................15:52.... Espa?ol, Français
17a Part A: Peak Oil.............................17:52.... Espa?ol, Français
17b Part B: Energy Budgeting................12:15.... Espa?ol, Français
17c Part C: Energy And The Economy......7:05.... Espa?ol, Français
18 Environmental Data........................16:22.... Espa?ol, Français
19 Future Shock...................................8:02.... Espa?ol, Français
20 What Should I Do?.........................19:48.... Espa?ol, Français