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Age of Easy Money (Full-length Film Audio Track)

May 20, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Inside Story of an Age of Easy Money
01:46 • 2min
3
The Federal Reserve's Economic Symposium at Jackson Hole
03:30 • 2min
4
The Fed's Predictions for a Recession
05:23 • 2min
5
The Pain of Price Stability
07:04 • 2min
6
The Fed's Easy Money Policy
08:39 • 2min
7
The Fed's Easy Money Experiment
10:20 • 2min
8
Quantitative Easing: A New Way to Stimulate the Economy
11:58 • 2min
9
The Fed's Plan to Buy Mortgage-Backed Securities and Government Bonds
13:50 • 2min
10
The Fed's Failure to Restart the Economy
15:22 • 2min
11
The Fed's Plan to Help the Average American
16:53 • 2min
12
The Tea Party's Resentment of Government Spending
18:50 • 2min
13
The Tea Party and the 2010 Midterm Elections
20:47 • 2min
14
The Fed's Role in Economic Affairs
22:28 • 2min
15
The Risks and Incertitudes of Zero Percent Interest Rates
24:32 • 2min
16
The Fed and the Stock Market: The Longest Bull Run in Stock Market History
26:58 • 2min
17
The Fed's Taper Tantrum
28:41 • 2min
18
The Fed's Easy Money Pullback
30:14 • 2min
19
The Fed and Monetary Policy
32:05 • 2min
20
The Fed's Focus on Jobs Is Missing the Full Picture
33:38 • 2min
21
The Negative Effects of Unemployment on the Economy
35:32 • 2min
22
The American Dream Is Dead
37:02 • 2min
23
The Fed's Easy Money Policies
38:44 • 2min
24
The Fed Blinked
40:20 • 2min
25
The Fed's Decision to Raise Interest Rates
42:01 • 2min
26
The Fed's Easy Money Experiment
43:48 • 2min
27
The Fed's Low Interest Rates and the Rise of Silicon Valley
45:52 • 2min
28
The Diabolical Effect of Low Interest Rates on Economic Activity
48:20 • 2min
29
The Fed's Blood Sucker on the Economy
50:35 • 2min
30
The Trade-Offs of the Fed's Interest Rates
52:11 • 2min
31
The Shadow of Banking
53:54 • 2min
32
The Shadow Banking System: A Source of Instability
55:27 • 2min
33
The Pandemic and the Coronavirus
57:18 • 2min
34
The Fed's Response to the Coronavirus
58:53 • 2min
35
The Fed's Emergency Rate Cut Failed to Call Investors
01:00:42 • 2min
36
The Fed's $6.2 Trillion CARES Act Delivers the Largest Economic Stimulus Ever
01:03:03 • 2min
37
The Federal Reserve's Response to the Financial Crisis
01:04:36 • 2min
38
The Moral Hazard of the Fed Bailout
01:06:07 • 2min
39
The Fed's Step In: A Test for Capitalism
01:07:40 • 2min
40
The Fed's Responsibility for the Risky Financial System
01:09:22 • 2min
41
The Fed's Safety Net and the Stock Market
01:10:53 • 2min
42
The Boom in the Stock Market
01:12:47 • 2min
43
The Greater Fool Theory of Investing
01:14:38 • 2min
44
Cryptocurrency: A New Kind of Money
01:16:20 • 2min
45
The Fed and the Cryptocraze
01:18:20 • 2min
46
The Fed's Initiative Inflation Policy
01:19:51 • 3min
47
The Fed's Transitory Inflation Round
01:22:43 • 2min
48
The Biden Administration's $1.9 Trillion Rescue Plan
01:24:17 • 3min
49
The Rough Road to Recovery for America's Economy
01:27:02 • 2min
50
The Uptick in People Coming to the Food Bank
01:28:58 • 2min
51
The Rise of the Middle Class
01:30:49 • 2min
52
The Rise of the Easy Money Experiment
01:32:20 • 2min
53
The Fed Raising Interest Rates to Combat Inflation
01:33:52 • 2min
54
The Impact of Higher Interest Rates on Inflation
01:35:23 • 2min
55
The Fed's Rate Hike: The Fastest in 40 Years
01:37:05 • 2min
56
The Fed's Warning to Working People
01:38:48 • 2min
57
The Fed's Optimism About Inflation
01:40:20 • 2min
58
The Tides Go Out
01:42:07 • 2min
59
The Effect of the Fed's Interest Rate Hiking Cycle on the Housing Market
01:43:55 • 2min
60
The Markets Are Down 20% Last Year
01:45:34 • 2min
61
The Fed's Reluctance to Reverse Course
01:47:34 • 2min
62
The Fed's Prediction of a Debt Crisis
01:49:16 • 2min
63
The Fed's Job Is to Keep Systemic Risk From Spilling Across the Whole Economy
01:51:07 • 2min
64
The Fed Bowed Out the Silicon Valley Bank
01:52:43 • 2min
65
The Golden Era of Easy Money
01:54:19 • 2min
66
The Impact of COVID on the Financial System
01:56:44 • 2min