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video UK · 24 August 2025

Why money obsession is keeping you poor

This video argues that an excessive focus on monetary policy, or "money obsession," prevents a true understanding of economic crises and their solutions. It contends that economists and policymakers mistakenly prioritize financial adjustments like interest rate changes and quantitative easing over addressing the underlying issues of real resource distribution, leading to ineffective responses to events like the 2008 crash and Covid-19.

By Gary Stevenson

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