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    Introduction to how banks make money and the value they (potentially) add to society. Created by Sal Khan.
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    Finance and capital markets on Khan Academy: We all use money and most of us use banks. Despite this, the actual working of the banking system is a bit of a mystery to most (especially fractional reserve banking). This older tutorial (bad handwriting and resolution) starts from a basic society looking to do more than barter and incrementally builds to a modern society with fraction reserve banking. Through this process, you will hopefully gain a deep understanding of how money and banking works in our modern world.
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Komentáře • 350

  • @bobsieshow
    @bobsieshow Před 8 lety +54

    its nice to have someone who knows how to explain all this confusion, i mean the fractional banking system and how it really works in lay mans terms

    • @TheDavidlloydjones
      @TheDavidlloydjones Před 4 lety +3

      Sal Kahn is bright and knowledgeable -- but what really counts is, he has ver-ree sound judgement.

    • @shushanto
      @shushanto Před 2 lety +1

      It's not a fractional banking "system". Fractional reserve lending is simply how banks work. There aren't really two (or multiple) ways it can work. That's sort of like calling breathing a "system" of respiration. What would be the alternative?

    • @kadenstimpson3167
      @kadenstimpson3167 Před rokem

      @@shushanto there is only one organism that doesn't respirate at all, but it's out there

    • @umeokwechikwado
      @umeokwechikwado Před rokem

      @@shushanto do you need guidance and this?

    • @Coliekokker
      @Coliekokker Před 6 měsíci

      Full Reserve Banking System@@shushanto

  • @michaelpisciarino5348
    @michaelpisciarino5348 Před 5 lety +45

    Bank 🏦
    0:20 Savings
    1:04 Entrepreneurs (projects/investments)
    2:18 Gold “it’s pretty”
    3:18 Goods and services and payment for those.
    5:30 Balance Sheet
    1 million to build a bank (solid safe Greek Temple looking building)
    10 million invested
    9 million in loans (charge interest to bring in more money as interest income)
    1 million left on hand in case people want their money back

  • @InstTaxSolutionsLLC
    @InstTaxSolutionsLLC Před 11 lety +5

    It's always great to watch these videos as they are always an educational experience. Many people only have experience with their banks through checking, savings, or some retail investment products. This video shows that there is so much more to banking.

  • @ZoeJane
    @ZoeJane Před 12 lety +1

    I just saw the site of khanacademy and watched this video by accident,and I really wanna say it's brilliant!
    This way of teaching is clearly and easy to understand, I love this video at the first glance.
    I watched the first lesson then I can't wait to see the next lesson now.
    When I was in school I think the learning of banking is so boring, because I don't like it.
    But now I found I just enjoy your lesson so much that I wanna learn more.
    Thank you! Thank you very much!

  • @johncharles3907
    @johncharles3907 Před 9 lety +75

    Gold is actually used in many computers, and is very good as transporting electric currents!

  • @debluecat
    @debluecat Před 12 lety +2

    Khan, I admire what you have done so far. How kind you are.

  • @lol-rw7yd
    @lol-rw7yd Před 4 lety +2

    Sal khan is the most extraordinary teacher that I've ever seen

  • @Jere616
    @Jere616 Před 12 lety +1

    Thanks for the clear and easy explanation. Many people probably never thought about why a bank gets started.

  • @Angelofrock09
    @Angelofrock09 Před 6 lety

    Thanks.
    Taking this class now and want to just get a B at this point and move on. Like that you keep it basic, I don't necessarily want to be an economist, but the entrepreneur example did peak my interest.

  • @greenflower512
    @greenflower512 Před 13 lety +1

    it's a incredible video, how can you put all this complicated definitions into quite simple things. Thanks u a lot Khanacademy

  • @forunet
    @forunet Před 13 lety +1

    شكراً على شرحك وننتظر منك المزيد في تخصص التسويق

  • @dlessandllow8545
    @dlessandllow8545 Před 4 lety +1

    Great tutorial, thank you for this video.

  • @blitzace6289
    @blitzace6289 Před 13 lety +1

    Geeeez! Is there anything you dont teach!? You are the man!

  • @michaeljkirkland
    @michaeljkirkland Před 12 lety

    This is great! Happy Holidays!

  • @dranfal1
    @dranfal1 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you

  • @mikefattyk
    @mikefattyk Před 12 lety

    This helps! Keep them education a flowing!

  • @Ewhayeb14
    @Ewhayeb14 Před 3 lety

    Amazing bro and to the point. thanks alot for this easy explanation

  • @leoinemoon2889
    @leoinemoon2889 Před 15 lety

    thank you for basic idea for financial instruments and institutions

  • @ravitheja012345
    @ravitheja012345 Před 4 lety

    What an explanation. Thanks

  • @tropicalmist999
    @tropicalmist999 Před 13 lety +1

    Hi Sal, would you do a video on the logic behind increasing oil prices in the west in relation to turmoil in the middle east. It's extremely relevant today and would be an asset in your video collection.
    Thanks.

  • @danielramnathsingh1076
    @danielramnathsingh1076 Před 3 lety +1

    its 2021 and i still watch these videos

  • @Waranle
    @Waranle Před 15 lety

    Thank you Sal

  • @james02Perry
    @james02Perry Před 13 lety

    Very impressive. Manythanks.

  • @oraqol
    @oraqol Před 15 lety +1

    Go, Sal, go! If only Congress had viewed your Finance and Credit Crisis series, that bailout bill would never have been passed. Are you taking requests? If so: Programming and Vector Analysis! Hell, just teach us a whole g0ggdammed engineering curriculum!

  • @poeticramblings3642
    @poeticramblings3642 Před 7 lety +1

    blown away.

  • @quityojibbajabbaa
    @quityojibbajabbaa Před 13 lety

    i swear this guy knows everything

  • @Pokerface585
    @Pokerface585 Před 3 lety

    Thank you🙏

  • @Ravn23459
    @Ravn23459 Před 12 lety

    great stuff!

  • @kashan1685
    @kashan1685 Před 14 lety +1

    Lovely video..great work Salman..

  • @moad1000
    @moad1000 Před 11 lety

    Thanks a lot! I really learned much of this of video( I usually feel an idiot when it comes to money&math)

  • @stutek
    @stutek Před 13 lety

    Gold has some usage in microprocessors and medicine, but it is true - gold is mostly used to make vanity items. So we have a pricey, but overvalued gold.
    I am about to watch whole series, to refine my time bank idea. TY for sharing the knowledge.

  • @yassirabou
    @yassirabou Před rokem

    MBA professor will explain this so hard in one month. Here in just 11min I just understand how banks work

  • @temujoe
    @temujoe Před 15 lety

    Just stumbled upon this through your imaginary numbers vid, great stuff, keep it up =)

  • @BDBankingSchool
    @BDBankingSchool Před 6 lety

    Nice lecture.

  • @yiggytiblnibskin6151
    @yiggytiblnibskin6151 Před 8 lety

    Idk if it has already been mentioned but there's definitely a difference between gold and dollars. Gold is far more stable as a substance than paper meaning it will last much longer before deteriorating into nothing, also gold is one of the best conductors so it actually has practicality.

  • @jingwalk
    @jingwalk Před 14 lety +1

    There are much better videos out there explaining how banking works. I would recommend searching on 'Money as Debt' and 'Money as Debt II"

  • @hunkydorian
    @hunkydorian Před 15 lety

    I agree with all the positives -- this is what the world needs above all else. And then he annoys the listeners to the point of violence by blowing into the microphone again and again and again. Why does what might be the best thing on the web have to be so trivially ruined?

  • @SocrTrump
    @SocrTrump Před 15 lety

    Yay for green pieces of paper!

  • @Ontologistics
    @Ontologistics Před 15 lety

    Agreed.

  • @8299naresh
    @8299naresh Před 12 lety

    hmmm.......
    Now i got it.
    Well,you explained me better than Khan did.

  • @simonethistle9069
    @simonethistle9069 Před 10 lety

    What is the program he;s using? I can't figure it out.

  • @ar2de2em2
    @ar2de2em2 Před 15 lety

    In Japan they once used RICE as money. Like Britain, Japan was small, isolated and working with limited metal resources. So people used to trade with notes called "koku" that promised the bearer one years supply of rice from the lord's store. These notes were usually issued to soldiers as payment for their services but quickly came to be used as money by anyone who trusted the lord. Now I'm sure you see the opportunity to promise rice that hasn't been harvested yet. Let us pray for fair weather.

  • @jayita69
    @jayita69 Před 11 lety +1

    I think he's showing a simplified structure to give a foundation or edifice to further topics. He's mentioned this bank is a theoretical "first bank" for a "primitive culture." Therefore, no electronics, dental, space, medical or other industries use it for this demonstration.

  • @lunikmarty
    @lunikmarty Před 14 lety

    For ListenTOOthers :
    Of courses you need deposits for create money ... but the creation of the money is allow by the initial deposit of "bankers" in the central bank.
    Fractional Reserve System works with the this initial deposit ... not with the customers deposits.

  • @MultiHappyballs
    @MultiHappyballs Před 12 lety

    Wonder how you feel about gold as compared to the dollar today?

  • @Ambiview
    @Ambiview Před 3 lety +1

    I think that everything has a price and that money can be very deceptive. Over time, money has become the driving force behind our decision-making, but is just a mirage that we think is more valuable than it actually is. It's really interesting to think about how money has evolved over time from things with a practical purpose to the digital currency that we have today. If people truly knew the true purpose of money, then I think they could possible change their approach to life. I recently released a video that examines the evolution of money, its creation and true purpose on my channel. It expands on some of the ideas that you talk about here. Great job and keep up the good work!

  • @xXvolhvXx
    @xXvolhvXx Před 11 lety

    That's one thing I definitely agreed on with the Occupiers. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was toxic to the free market.

  • @thepiperreport8198
    @thepiperreport8198 Před 6 lety

    I thought you were going over fraction reserve banking in a different video? I wouldn't have watched the whole thing if I'd known you were discussing it now.

  • @EarlRhee
    @EarlRhee Před 12 lety

    @yaqubali Not necessarily. It usually serves as a buffer against deflation.

  • @luckylui3282
    @luckylui3282 Před 6 lety +3

    So far I have found these videos help reaffirm current knowledge and in some cases to learn something new but this video clearly needs to be updated. It provides the romantic FANTASY version of how banks operate. In reality:
    1) loans create deposits not the other way around
    2) ***banks issue new money (i.e. credit also known as magic digital keyboard money) when loans are issued... this is how the vast majority of money in the economy is created. Among other obvious benefits, like controlling where money is allocated, banks are the primary beneficiary of the nations seignorage
    3) ***banks destroy money when loans are repaid
    4) Technically bank "deposits" are loans to the bank
    5) Technically bank "loans" are securities purchases by the bank in the form of a promissory note
    The lions share of loans by large banks today (over 80%) are NOT used for productive things like manufacturing improvements and new factories etc they are used to purchase of existing assets... i.e. real estate and securities and often for the banks own purposes. The large banks serve their respective head offices not the communities in which they operate and they rarely provide financing to small or medium size companies.
    Please consider using a small regional bank or credit union in your area as most of them still serve their respective communities i.e. the money they manage generally stays in and circulates within the community they operate in.

  • @outofsilent
    @outofsilent Před 13 lety +1

    :) Gold is a great conductor in electronic

  • @lcbreezyl
    @lcbreezyl Před 11 lety

    Gold is very useful, it used in electronics and has many other industrial uses.

  • @ShakuShingan
    @ShakuShingan Před 14 lety

    Perhaps you could make a video on the Labour Theory of Value, it is a far more logical way of analyzing these things.

  • @Rafael-rn6hn
    @Rafael-rn6hn Před 11 lety +16

    "The money we use now is not so easy to counterfeit"
    Except by the central bank, that is...

    • @TheDavidlloydjones
      @TheDavidlloydjones Před 4 lety

      Rafael,
      That's slightly funny -- but don't give up your day job quite yet. You should maybe look up the word "counterfeit" in a dictionary just so you don't start believing your own joke. The stuff created out of thin air by central banks is not counterfeit.
      It's the real thing and it has real value. not "merely because people believe in it" but because it performs genuinely useful functions, enabling the creation of wealth and security for real people in the real world.

    • @brettolson9544
      @brettolson9544 Před 4 lety +2

      David Lloyd-Jones “Wealth”, “Security” lol

    • @TheDavidlloydjones
      @TheDavidlloydjones Před 4 lety

      @@brettolson9544 ??

    • @Rafael-rn6hn
      @Rafael-rn6hn Před 4 lety

      ​@@TheDavidlloydjones No, no, I wouldn't dare to call myself funny in your presence.
      Argument from dictionary is bottom of the barrel of bad arguments. In fact, it's not an argument at all, unless you literally only want to discuss semantics, maybe. Otherwise you're literally saying you'll let some institution arbitrate what thoughts are correct and which are wrong.
      Words exist to convey meaning. As long as you understood what I meant, it served its purpose just fine. Even if some person disagrees with my usage or understanding of it, they can stuff it for all I care. Honestly I'm just beating a dead horse here, for how bad of an 'argument' that is.
      As for whether the USD is useful or not, so what? Counterfeited notes are useful too (wink, I'm using your favorite definition here). That is, until it collapses due to the rampant expansion of the monetary base. What's your point? That literally means nothing.
      By the way, when the Roman empire debased their own coins again and again, that wasn't counterfeit either right? After all, they were the authorities then, so who'd use critical thinking to look past silly titles and call things for what they are. When the empire does it, it's standard, fair coinage, foolish peasants!
      Hahaha, sorry, for the essay, I just had too much fun here.
      By all means, do split hairs and call upon definitions to try and draw distinctions that don't exist or matter.

    • @TheDavidlloydjones
      @TheDavidlloydjones Před 4 lety

      @@Rafael-rn6hn
      I don't intend any "argument from dictionary." There's nothing to argue about: you're using the word "counterfeit" incorrectly. Money made by central banks or treasury departments is money in the respective countries where that's how money is created.
      You might also want to look up "inflation," a useful concept -- about which your ranting may sometimes be justified.

  • @soVun
    @soVun Před 15 lety +1

    COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATEMENTS STARTING AT 2:30. Both gold and fiat have their strengths and weaknesses. I hear a lot of the same fallacies.

  • @ananiasacts
    @ananiasacts Před 15 lety

    I have an idea for fixing congress. I think we should have a system where the candidates for congress spend a term or two as evangelists in a structured forum where they compete with each other to explain the issues before the actual congress to us and recommend how much we should care about them. We are given points to spend supporting or opposing the issues we care about. The candidates could then be rated on how well their lobbing efforts corresponded to the way we spent our points.

  • @galanoth17
    @galanoth17 Před 11 lety

    He is trying to illustrate the concept of banking in general. Doesn't have to be current banking system. This is the first video. Later on he will get into details.

  • @NLBurnie88
    @NLBurnie88 Před 13 lety

    @MsAllahhuakhbar You're right. Islamic banking has became the largest growing financial industry since years

  • @ar2de2em2
    @ar2de2em2 Před 15 lety +1

    Another...
    "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." - Lord Acton

  • @gamingeh
    @gamingeh Před 12 lety +1

    @ooMatttyooo If it invests into something that produces (e.g. farm), then I would say it's an asset because it provides future income and capital growth.

  • @MoinSiddiqui
    @MoinSiddiqui Před 9 lety

    What He says is true and very true about gold. Gold have value because made it to be... beside that it's nothing, nothing at all.

    • @mangomedia8986
      @mangomedia8986 Před 9 lety

      ***** www.kickstarter.com/projects/99signs/99-signs-you-are-not-in-the-1?ref=nav_search

  • @kcowan2000
    @kcowan2000 Před 7 lety

    I want to set up a web site that provides all the banking topics in order, Is there a shortcut to do that?

  • @xfInN90x
    @xfInN90x Před 12 lety

    how do you write so well with a mouse?

  • @jacobblack4732
    @jacobblack4732 Před 7 lety +1

    ppl are complaining about the errors while i just want to say thank you!

  • @ar2de2em2
    @ar2de2em2 Před 15 lety

    Now here's the interesting thing about that quote... it comes from Ben explaining to the Bank of England directors his ideas on why the colonies were so PROSPEROUS!!!!!!!

  • @mavallarino
    @mavallarino Před 12 lety

    Because the investment banks were convinced that their models were based on "predictable" events therefore lowered their regulatory equity (or artificially increased its value). This is solely an indication of a simple banking model. When you mix the different types of banks it is nearly impossible to understand the risks. Wall Street resembled more of a (dark) hedge fund than a traditional bank, which could be acceptable but much more volatile - and riskier for the depositors.

  • @Maniacal_Myc
    @Maniacal_Myc Před 4 lety +1

    Gold is also used in computer hardware and electronics. Just so you know

  • @ar2de2em2
    @ar2de2em2 Před 15 lety

    Nice one. It reminds me of the wizard's first rule... People are stupid!
    Here's a similar quote (from a banker)...
    "I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that banks can and do create money. And they who control the credit of the nation direct the policy of governments and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people." - Reginald McKenna, Chairman of the Board, Midland Bank

  • @MCP2012
    @MCP2012 Před 15 lety

    Not merely electrons: One must change the NUCLEUS, i.e., the proton-neutron structure---which takes considerably even MORE energy than merely "changing" the electrons!

  • @xRA1D32x
    @xRA1D32x Před 12 lety

    the 9 million to lend out wouldn't come out of the 10 million, 9 million dollars is created out of thin air on top of the existing 10 billion. This is how commercial banks expand the money supply. Lending is one of the two ways in which new money is created.

  • @luissantiago2183
    @luissantiago2183 Před 4 lety

    ya

  • @hoppybitter608
    @hoppybitter608 Před 11 lety +1

    could be using a stylus ^^

  • @Adebayo714
    @Adebayo714 Před 13 lety

    Great video, Sal! Simple explanation of banking even my young son can understand.

  • @ypey1
    @ypey1 Před 15 lety +4

    Hey sal, where can i pay my contribution to this lecture?... great work!

  • @mariusbigb
    @mariusbigb Před 13 lety

    @kristopheraugust what exactly did you think was rubbish? he described it in layman terms very proficiently, to understand banking the way he described gold and money was enough to get the idea. Gold is valued by supply and demand, money is valued by supply and demand also (free floating currencies like the US dollar). This is all you need to know to understand this simple concept, he did an excellent job.

  • @leemeverett
    @leemeverett Před 13 lety +1

    @ja524309 Historically it has been valued simply for its aesthetic value though. I think that's his point in the given scenario.

  • @Psychosmurf547
    @Psychosmurf547 Před 14 lety

    Which is true, but that does not mean that that money is worthless. When one makes a loan, the newly created money represents either the value of the collateral or the value of the goods and services produced with the loaned money.

  • @supercarrot3000
    @supercarrot3000 Před 12 lety

    @mikefattyk Agreed, money is a BIG problem.

  • @cesarsosa4617
    @cesarsosa4617 Před 7 lety

    The main thing about gold is that people agree that has value and you cannot print gold out of nowhere that is why is so valuable with respect to paper money. You could mine gold, but the amount you can mine is limited which is not true of paper or digital money.

  • @detroithaspotential
    @detroithaspotential Před 12 lety

    I'm with you all the way but gold is used in a lot of gadgets and modern/advanced technology. It really might end up being our most valuable resource in the future in more than one way.

  • @Utkarshkharb
    @Utkarshkharb Před 2 lety

    Capitalism brilliantly explained

  • @nlo13
    @nlo13 Před 12 lety

    @Luckilius
    Sources, please.

  • @Logicistix
    @Logicistix Před 13 lety

    The thing is, the US's dollar is no longer backed by money, and I don't think we can keep using paper money because there will never be enough gold in relationship to the number of people. What will people do?

  • @Redsiix
    @Redsiix Před 11 lety

    .9m comes from interest earned from the loans. The loans is what you give to people.

  • @mikan1nja
    @mikan1nja Před 12 lety

    @Adriaan1950 it just sends me to youtubes frontpage... name of video so i can search for it
    ??

  • @Munakoiso
    @Munakoiso Před 11 lety +3

    Good point otherwise but "art" falls into the "Looks pretty" category

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 Před 12 lety

    "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
    -Henry Ford

  • @JuteTwine
    @JuteTwine Před rokem

    Actually, it's almost certain that the banker under those conditions would charge depositors for the service of storing their money, just like you would pay for any other type of warehouse storage. So he wouldn't pay interest (7:29). He faces contraints like overhead (durable building+vault, security, capable accountants and lawyers) and must avoid a bank run at all costs, unless he has some side deal with politicians to protect him from irate creditors. The idea of getting paid by the bank to hold your money appears to be a phenomenon of a fiat currency systems (which use funny money) with fractional reserves and government bailout schemes.

    • @JuteTwine
      @JuteTwine Před rokem

      Notice that the banker could give out receipts for deposits of money metals (gold, silver, copper). These would be traded in the public as paper money.

  • @jgposner
    @jgposner Před 14 lety

    What kind of computer interface is that. It looks like some sort of writing pad. Can you give me a specific model?

  • @americanscholarsoftruthand5940

    There is an error in this video. The bank is not lending its customer's deposit its creating new money as loans and adding it to its deposits.

    • @vorosgy
      @vorosgy Před 7 lety +8

      He explicitly said they are using gold. The bank cannot create gold.

    • @stefandragomir6213
      @stefandragomir6213 Před 7 lety

      Gyula Vörös It doesn't matter if it gold or paper or dog shit with paprika. The bank doesn't lend any money, only claim checks on money (promises to pay, IOUs) who basiclly work like actual money.

    • @vorosgy
      @vorosgy Před 7 lety +1

      There is no fundamental difference between "actual money" and "IOUs that work like money", because anyone can redeem the IOU any time. In fact, fractional reserve banking works the same when they do not use IOUs, only actual gold. Have a look at the another video from this channel on the subject, "Banking 3: Fractional Reserve Banking".

    • @stefandragomir6213
      @stefandragomir6213 Před 7 lety

      Not everyone can redeem their IOUs at the same time, because there is not enough fiat money.

    • @vorosgy
      @vorosgy Před 7 lety

      That is correct.

  • @omgiheartpie
    @omgiheartpie Před 12 lety

    knowledge should be shared, not labored and enslaved for.

  • @ar2de2em2
    @ar2de2em2 Před 15 lety

    "In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner, creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay no one." - Benjamin Franklin

  • @user-hp9eg3gf6s
    @user-hp9eg3gf6s Před 11 měsíci

    Gold is useful actually woth electronics in the modern world.

  • @Orderofmerchants
    @Orderofmerchants Před 11 lety

    Debt Securities - Corporate Bonds
    Bonds are promissory notes, IOUs if you will, issued by a corporation or government to its lenders. They are usually issued in multiples of $1,000 or $5,000. The standard, or par, is $1,000. The bond indenture specifies the amount of interest to be paid at intervals, over a specific length of time and the principal, (or original loan amount), to be repaid on the maturity date. A bondholder is a creditor; a shareholder is an owner. -Investopedia

  • @8299naresh
    @8299naresh Před 12 lety

    Hey what about Education Loan?
    Banks do not put interest on Education loan.
    Is d Bank doing some kind of Philanthropist work?

  • @tygmy
    @tygmy Před 10 lety +6

    Gold is only pretty and hard to counterfeit? A flower is pretty and hard to counterfeit too, but those are not the only properties of gold, not even the most interesting ones. Gold is stable, does not spoil, it has multiple uses including jewelry, electronics, medicine, optics, etc. It is arguably the most useful metal of all. One important factor in favor of gold as money is the scarcity which gives it the high value. If gold was as common as some other metals, you would see it used everywhere.

  • @jackuy12345
    @jackuy12345 Před 15 lety

    support!!!!!! bring this to school and might get students a lot of help!! cuz i am fucking tired of the boring learning style we have right now!!!! i cant learning anything from those boring teachers!!!!!!

  • @gibbonholder3274
    @gibbonholder3274 Před 2 lety +1

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  • @decameron4
    @decameron4 Před 14 lety

    Unfortunately there isn't such a village in which everyone benefits. In this example, those who benefit are the owner of the bank and the owners of the productive investments. The workers who make the production are the creators of the riches and theones who get nothing except for the money that enables him to be in condition to come to the factory the next day. Good video though. Thanks for this.

  • @roland20002000
    @roland20002000 Před 13 lety

    While I think the video's as a learning curb are fantastic there are a couple of point's I feel should be made.
    Firstly gold is not just pretty that's is not what gives it value. Gold is desirable it is a commodity that one person will provide a service to another person in return for an amount of that commodity.