Explaining Bitcoin and how it could shape the future of finance (Full Documentary)

What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's premier digital currency, for the first time in history money is no longer controlled by banks or governments, but by the people who use it. But where did this currency come from? How does it work? And is it truly the way forward, or just a flash in the pan? ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Introduction ▷ 00:33 – The history of money ▷ 04:30 – Fiat currency: Currency backed by nothing but government promises ▷ 06:28 – What is bitcoin and how is it different from other fiat currencies? ▷ 11:50 – The decentralized nature of the bitcoin network ▷ 15:39 – How blockchain can solve the problems of our current financial system ▷ 20:01 – How bitcoin can help the developing world ▷ 25:26 – Bitcoin challenging the system ▷ 29:03 – If bitcoin gets into the wrong hands... ▷ 32:40 – The future of bitcoin ▷ 33:57 – Credits ------- ------- Original Title: Bitcoin: Beyond the Bubble Directed by Tim Delmastro © 2018, Licensed by Sideways Films

Power in Washington D.C. is formally divided three ways: the Executive branch, the Judicial branch, and the Legislative branch. Directly from the capital of America, this episode investigates how money and lobbyists have come to dominate the political process. Watch interviews with leaders of three watchdog monitoring organizations: Robert Weissman (Public Citizen), Mary Boyle (Common Cause), and Sheila Krumholz (Center for Responsive Politics). They all agree on the fact that money dominates politics, a problem that involves both Democratic and Republican parties. In Congress, several representatives also share their views, including congressman Jesse Jackson Jr, who served for 17 years and resigned shortly after the shooting of this documentary under investigations for misuse of campaign funds. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Money dominates politics ▷ 03:02 – Watchdog organizations ▷ 08:18 – Campaign contributions ▷ 10:44 – Lobbying and voting ▷ 13:31 – United States Congress ▷ 16:14 – Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act ▷ 20:19 – Whistle-blowing former Congressional aide ▷ 24:03 – Next episode ▷ 24:24 – Credits ------- ------- Six decades after C. Wright Mills ignited

If you trust in your money just as it is - this film has news for you. This documentary traces the history of money from the bartering societies of the ancient world to the meeting rooms of powerful central bankers and the trading floors of Wall St. Update of award-winning "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It", hosted by filmmaker Torsten Hoffman. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Introduction ▷ 03:52 – The history of money ▷ 13:25 – War and Money ▷ 16:26 – The Great Depression and the dominance of the US dollar ▷ 19:23 – Explaining today's financial system: From central banks and inflation, to fraudulent bankers ▷ 32:02 – Innovation rising from the fringes and resistance from the incumbents ▷ 39:08 – What is Bitcoin? ▷ 42:30 – Critiques of bitcoin: Control by China and environmental impact ▷ 44:31 – The potential of bitcoin: Banking the unbanked and nation-state adoption ▷ 50:17 – No one is held accountable for when things go wrong ▷ 53:24 – The cultural movement of bitcoin ▷ 57:16 – Credits

Breast cancer has become the poster child of cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless people walk, run and shop for the cure. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve? ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 02:23 - Breast cancer culture and sisterhood ▷ 06:04 - A shift in responsibility from the government to private entities ▷ 09:23 - The lack of change or development in breast cancer treatment ▷ 13:55 - Awareness vs. action ▷ 19:00 - Breast cancer organizations tied to corporations ▷ 24:47 - The tyranny of cheerfulness and harmful language used to describe the disease ▷ 42:52 - Where does the money raised actually go? ▷ 53:57 - Cosmetics and personal care products ▷ 59:52 - The origin of the pink ribbon ▷ 1:01:45 - The search for quick fixes ▷ 1:04:37 - The KFC breast cancer campaign ▷ 1:07:57 - Environmental factors: workers exposed to toxic fumes and chemicals ▷ 1:14:11 - Pinkwashers: companies who benefit from breast cancer

There was a time when one earner could support an entire family. However, due to escalating costs in the 1970s, it became necessary for wives to enter the workforce. By the 1990s, even two incomes were insufficient, leading families to abandon savings. By the 2000s, with both partners working and no savings, families began borrowing well beyond their means to cope with inflation. This documentary traces the global economic crisis from the Bretton Woods Agreement to the Nixon shock and the Occupy Wall Street movement. It reveals how the U.S. Federal Reserve has led not only the American economy but also the global economy to function much like a Ponzi scheme. Since the pandemic, debt expansion is out of control. Are we headed for another recession or a total economic collapse? ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Intro ▷ 03:36 – Bretton Woods (1944) ▷ 05:35 – Nixon shock (1971) ▷ 07:53 – Fiat currency ▷ 09:50 – Ponzi scheme ▷ 11:20 – IOU bonds ▷ 16:10 – Inflation and purchasing power ▷ 21:30 – Occupy Wall Street (2008) ▷ 24:01

50 billion euros in Greece, 70 billion euros in Ireland, 40 billion euros in Spain - one Euro-country after another is forced to support its banks with huge sums of money in order to equalize the losses incurred by money worldwide from bad loans. But where do the billions go anyway? Who are the beneficiaries? With this simple question the award-winning business journalist and nonfiction author Harald Schumann travels across Europe and gets surprising answers. The rescued are not in the poorer Euro states - unlike commonly believed - but mainly in Germany and France. A large part of the money ends up with the creditors of the banks that want to be saved or must be saved. And although these investors have obviously made bad investments, they are - against all logic of the free market economy - protected at the expense of the general public against any losses. Why? Who gets the money? Actually, simple questions, but that regard the core of European identity. Maybe the most passionate film on the banking crisis. Director: Arpad Bondy Script: Harald