Money & Debt: Crash Course World History 202
In which John Green teaches about filthy, filthy lucre. Money. And Debt. So, what is money? And what is it for? And why do we use money? And why does it all disappear so quickly after payday?...
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Hi, I'm John Green. This is Crash Course World History and today we're going to make it rain. We're going to talk about money, the stuff that makes the world go 'round. I'm not very good at making it rain. MFTP: Mr. Green! Mr. Green. I'm sorry, but money doesn't make the world go round. It's actually conservation of angular momentum. It's the same thing that allows, like, figure skaters to turn in circles. John: Look, me from the past. I know you came in fourth for physics, among all "C" students in the entire state of Alabama in the 1994 state academic decathlon tournament, but that doesn't actually make you good at science. [Intro] So, here is what economic textbooks say about money. In general it has th...
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Hi, I'm John Green. This is Crash Course World History and today we're going to make it rain. We're going to talk about money, the stuff that makes the world go 'round. I'm not very good at making it rain. MFTP: Mr. Green! Mr. Green. I'm sorry, but money doesn't make the world go round. It's actually conservation of angular momentum. It's the same thing that allows, like, figure skaters to turn in circles. John: Look, me from the past. I know you came in fourth for physics, among all "C" students in the entire state of Alabama in the 1994 state academic decathlon tournament, but that doesn't actually make you good at science. [Intro] So, here is what economic textbooks say about money. In general it has th...
