http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewGMBOB4Gg
유시민님,
경제에 잘 아시니깐 이 동영상을 보고 F.A. Hayek 같은 Austrian Economic school에 대해서
관심을 가져주셨으면 합니다.
ps) 33분에 마치 고 노무현 대통령이 말씀하시는 것 같아 참 마음이 씁쓰레하네요
I was more than a little (pleasantly) surprised by this movie.
The movie begins with the most succinct appraisal of the monetary system I have ever seen or read,
period.
Extensive interviews with John Perkins (
Confessions Of An Economic Hitman)
follow, giving his overview on the expansion and maintenance of the
American empire, using the IMF and the World Bank, in conjunction with
the CIA.
Futurist
Jacque Fresco
is interviewed next, discussing the advantages of a resource based
economy, and introducing the concept that the current woes of the world
can all be traced back to a common source - money. I found this an
exceptionally interesting idea, as it closely mirrored my own feelings
that the nature of our money is the cause of so many of the worlds
problems, and that a change from debt based to equity based currency
would have a positive impact. I had not considered the possibility of
doing away with money altogether, and now that the idea is in my mind,
I find it makes a lot of sense, certainly given the way this
presentation links the psychological impact of money to human behaviour.
The holistic context in which all the views are presented is
important, in my opinion, as these are issues which require the widest
possible perspective from which to gauge their relativity.
There were many clear links in this movie with material already outlined in the
Century Of The Self documentary series, as well as many of the other posts on this blog.
Overall, I found Zeitgeist Addendum to be arresting viewing,
with clear, straightforward explanations of a number of important and
often hard to grasp monetary issues (such as what is money? where does
it come from? etc.), as well as an examination of some of the
psychological effects of money, on both the individual and society at
large, possible alternatives, and the posing of a number of questions
which may not have been posed in many minds previously, but which will
leave one all the more enlightened for having entertained their
possibilities.
I regard this movie as must see viewing.
EDIT
I came across this quote from
SatyaPranava,
here, which summed up my feelings so well I thought I'd add it here:
"From
a philosophical perspective, I see Zeitgeist (inclusive of addendum)
attempting two goals: description and prescription. Their charm comes
from a brilliant documentary movie which does the former so brilliantly
that it's viral.
But,
the prescription, which appeals in some ideological sense, slams into
the iceberg which I'm not sure even breaks the surface waters."Keynesian 학파는 ㅠㅠㅠ
