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10/23 Jim Bruce: Money For Nothing: The Fed Documentary

October 23, 2013
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Jim Bruce the writer/director of the new documentary Money For Nothing explains how the FED was created, why the FED plays such a large role in so many different parts of our economy, how the Alan Greenspan myth was created, how our economy has been distorted by the financial sector, the role of massive fraud in the financial sector in the lead up to crisis and a Jim and Sam debate the best ways to boost the economy.

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