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How The Economic Machine Works

Ray Dalio
Bridgewater Associates, 2013
Level: beginner
Perspective: Post-Keynesian Economics
Topic: Crises, Money & Debt
Format: Short Film
Duration: 00:30:59
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0
The author identifies three principal economic phenomena, which are explained: long run productivity growth as the central driver of increasing economic activity, short-term and long-term debt cycles. The latter two are explained to some detailed with reference to money creation, central banking and long term crisis tendencies. With regards to the long run debt cycle, which leads into deleveraging and recession, some policy measures which can smoothen the crisis are discussed.

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Tags: business cycle | central bank | credit | crisis | debt | deflation | inflation | money | productivity | recession
2013
Level: beginner
DEBT episode 1: Debt, a great invention
How was money actually invented? Where does it come from? In this first episode of a video lecture, Dirk Bezemer from the University of Groningen presents the origins of money and how it's related to debt. It's a basic historical review and you can get an idea of how money is created and how banks work. The following episodes aim at giving an overview of the last debt crisis.
Dirk Bezemer
University of Groningen
Level: beginner
Positive Money
The page "Positive Money" gathers text and short videos which explain how money is created by banks by giving loans. It furthermore presents the consequences of this process on housing prices, inequality and the environment and its role in the financial crisis. The dossier is provided by the campaign "Positive Money" which aims at a democratic control over money creation. Besides texts by the campaign, the page makes available links to journal and conference articles on the topic. The page focuses on the banking system of the UK.
 
Positive Money
2021
Level: advanced
European Macroeconomics - Learning and Teaching Package
This is a new online course at bachelor level. It presents an introduction into macroeconomics with a specific focus on the euro area. The theoretical part provides a critical presentation of the two key macroeconomic models: the (neo)classical approach and the Keynesian approach. This allows a comparative analysis of important macroeconomic topics: unemployment inflation government debt and Modern Monetary Theory banks and financial crises. The policy-oriented part discusses the monetary policy of the ECB and the specific challenges for fiscal policy in the euro area. The course also presents other euro area specific topics: Optimum currency area, euro crises, Next Generation EU and Green New Deal.
Peter Bofinger
Exploring Economics

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