

How Money Works
How Money Works
Follow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 12min
Why Do Family Fortunes Disappear? - How Money Works | How Money Works
Why Do Family Fortunes Disappear? - How Money WorksSign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈John D Rockefeller was the richest American to ever live, as well as being the founding member of the three-comma club as the worlds first billionaire.At the height of his fortune a few years before his death he was worth an estimated 1 billion dollars which may not sound like much compared to today's tech bro’s, but this was back in a time where the USA’s annual GDP was only 39.1 billion dollars.This meant that his fortune was 3% of America’s GDP. Adjusted for inflation to 2020 dollars this would give ol John D here a fortune of 450 billion dollars. Or more than Elon, Bill, and Jeff combined.But where is this fortune today?Of course John himself died almost a century ago but if there was any fortune that was going to indefinitely set up future generations surely it would be this one right?The same goes for most of these historic moguls, the fortunes of everybody from carnage, to the medici have more or less faded into total obscurity, outside of maybe a few names plastered on random buildings… (buildings that they don’t even own mind you)…Now you might think you already know the answer, oh these fortunes get split up amongst children and then children’s children and then children’s children’s children until it was spread so thin amongst latter generations that it became almost totally irrelevant.But that’s not entirely true… What’s more is that the real reason for the fall of these financial empires can tell us a lot about how money works as it has been passed down through generations and history.#Wealth #Finance #HowMoneyWorksFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.-----------------
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Jan 23, 2026 • 13min
Good CEOs Should NOT be Visionaries. | How Money Works
Good CEOs Should NOT be Visionaries.Thank you Helix for sponsoring! Visit https://helixsleep.com/howmoneyworks to get up to $200 off your Helix mattress, plus two free pillows #helixsleepSign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈
-------The FTX Bankruptcy has shed light on a lot of bad business and investing practices both within the company and outside of it.One of the biggest issues that now seems funny in hindsight was the undue attention placed on the businesses founder and CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried or SBF as he is better known amongst recently bankrupted crypto bros.In the lead up to its eventual collapse, SBF arguably got more attention than the multi billion-dollar organisation he ran. Unsophisticated financial commentators all the way up to the worlds largest venture capital firms were captivated by the fact that he wore the same sneakers as their grandparents and drove a Toyota corolla.As the FTX story unfolds allegations are now coming to light that this geeky persona was little more than a carefully curated image and that Bankman-Fried would go so far as to intentionally act erratic with outside investors because it furthered his image as some kind of misunderstood visionary genius.But what was for some reason a big selling point for SBF and his doomed companies should really be a cautionary tale for all of us. Visionaries do not make good CEO’s and to take it a step further, good CEOs should not be visionaries.It’s easy to throw stones at the rubble of a bankrupt company like FTX, but celebrity CEO’s have become a genuine problem that might be costing us all a lot of money even if we don’t directly invest in their companies.So it’s time to learn How Money Works to find out why knowing who the CEO of a company is could be a really bad sign.#ceo #business #howmoneyworksCredits:
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterior_of_YouTube_Space_Kings_Cross.jpgEdited By: Andrew GonzalesMusic Courtesy of: Epidemic SoundSelect Footage Courtesy of: Getty ImagesFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact sponsors@worksmedia.groupFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.---------------------------
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Jan 23, 2026 • 17min
You Will Never Retire, Here's Why... - How Money Works | How Money Works
You Will Never Retire, Here's Why... - How Money WorksSign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈Recent reports have found that less than 30% of American workers are on track to retire at all, and even fewer think they will have a comfortable retirement and they might be right.I know you didn’t want to hear this, but there are a few BIG factors at play in the world today that are going to act to keep most younger generations in the workforce indefinitely.This is all before considering the major hiccup that the covid 19 pandemic has been.A global event that has actually worked to widen the gap between younger generations with fewer assets and more precarious employment, versus older generations which tend to be more secure.Now you might think you are different, you contribute to your 401k, save diligently, subscribe to How Money Works and even invest regularly into the stock market.Well that’s all great, but I might still have some bad news for you.There are lot’s of issues at play here… Housing, the stock market and a series of broader economic conditions which might threaten the general assumptions we make about indefinite growth.So it’s time to learn how money work’s to find out why we will all be on that grind until we are 120 years old.#Retirement #Investing #HowMoneyWorks___________________________________________________________________________Link to my vid on BS Jobs - https://youtu.be/uK3OBAxCi6kFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.----------------------------------
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Jan 23, 2026 • 18min
The Gig Economy is Full | How Money Works
The Gig Economy is FullFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.---
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Jan 23, 2026 • 13min
The Economics of Self Driving | How Money Works
The Economics of Self DrivingThe future is now! with AI being integrated into our lives for better or worse the overwhelming motivation of automation and machinist ascents is to save time money and lives.But does it?We can easily be biased in the human cost of innovation in the name of technological advancement other acquired industrial financial and behavioral changes needed to integrate autonomous vehicles worth it and for whom?Autonomous vehicles are not exactly what Back to the Future predicted but it's a good start EV's are cars that can drive themselves with varying degrees of human input which is classified on a zero to five spectrum.Level zero denotes no automation whatsoever level one is where minor steering and acceleration tasks are performed and level two is the likes of advanced cruise control and autopilot systems at this level the car can automatically take safety actions but the driver needs to stay alert at the wheel.Level three of automation still requires a human driver but more safety critical functions are taken by the car the system has control of functions such as speed steering and monitoring the environment.Under specific conditions the driver can be partially distracted such as swiping right or liking this video but the driver must be ready to intervene as and when the system requests this poses some potential dangers as the major tests of driving are transferred to or from the car itself level 4 cars are cars that can drive themselves almost all the time and anywhereMusic from Epidemic Sound#SelfDriving #Automation #HowMoneyWorksFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.-
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Jan 23, 2026 • 12min
How EVE Online's Massive Virtual Wars Are Financed - How Money Works | How Money Works
How EVE Online's Massive Virtual Wars Are Financed - How Money WorksSign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈eve online, (a massive multiplayer online spaceship game) is probably best know for two things.Making headlines about it’s massive in game conflicts involving tens of thousands of players and it’s incredibly realistic in game financial system which can make loosing a virtual spaceship just as consequential as loosing a phone or a car in the real world.Countless magazines, and even much more successful YouTube channels have talked about these two factors individually, but where I think they get really interesting is when they merge together.For a game about spaceships set 21,000 years in the future, EVE is surprisingly realistic, and that realism extends to these massive wars in the sense that they are expensive.
The in game currency called ISK has an approximate exchange rate of about $6 per billion in game isk. Although it must be mentioned that trading this in game currency directly back or forth for real life money is actually against the rules of the game for now at least and will get you banned.Even still, this shows that in game assets have a very tangible real world value on the grey market, so when you see headlines about trillions of ISK been lost in these epic battles it gives you an idea of just how expensive it can be to wage entire wars in EVE Online.But this all begs a bigger question…Who or what funds these wars?With a price tag of hundreds of thousands of real world dollars and nothing but virtual space pride in return, it doesn’t sound like a very good deal… Right?Well, it’s time to learn how space money works, if you enjoy this video please consider liking and subscribing for new video’s like this one made every week.Ok so there are three really interesting and unique ways these major wars have been funded over the past 2 decades that this game has existed. But let’s start with the most basic one.#EVEOnline #EconomyOfEVE #HowMoneyWorksMusic by Epidemic Sound & Eve Online Original SoundtrackSign Up Link (if you want to try out the game) - https://www.eveonline.com/signup?invc=ef33cafb-0aa2-4051-9f03-55dc800247c2(This link gives both you and I rewards in the game)Follow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.-----------------------------
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Jan 23, 2026 • 11min
Is The Federal Reserve Bank Profitable?! - How Money Works | How Money Works
Is The Federal Reserve Bank Profitable?! - How Money WorksSign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈The federal reserve bank has found itself as the center of attention in recent months, what with everything from, money printer Meme's to “the future of capitalism as we know” on the line, the fed has obviously been an incredibly influential entity.But it’s also something that most people really don’t know much about, or worse… think they know a lot about when they really don’t.But that’s ok because the federal reserve bank is a bank, so the best way to get to really get a good understanding of how it works is just to follow the money and answer a simple question, Is the reserve bank profitable?Now because I hate YouTube video’s than needlessly drag out a question to get their average watch time up the short answer is.. Yes, Massively Profitable, it’s actually the most profitable organization in the world after recently beating out Saudi Aramco.But don’t click away yet… For starters I need that average watch time too, but more importantly, finding out how money works to generate massive profits at the federal reserve bank will teach you a lot about how this almost mythical institution actually operates day to day.#FederalReserve #QE #HowMoneyWorks___________________________________________________________________________Music by Epidemic SoundFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.-----------------
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Jan 23, 2026 • 17min
America's (Latest) Farming Crisis | How Money Works
America's (Latest) Farming CrisisFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.---------------
------------------------------America's (Latest) Farming CrisisFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.---------------
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Jan 22, 2026 • 9min
Is Investing in Wine Better than the Stock Market? | How Money Works
Is Investing in Wine Better than the Stock Market?Fine wines are one of the most sought after goods for those who enjoy the taste and class associated with them. With many wines, aging is one of the ways they continue to taste better and better. That means people are willing to pay more in the future for wines that age well.This has led to one of the most interesting forms of alternative investing, and even services have been created for collecting pricing data and coordinating the trading and exchange of investment wine.In March 2019, a wine auction at the world famous auction house, Christie’s was held for a variety of wines. During the auction, the most expensive sale was 12 bottles of wine from Burgundy, France for a little over $305,000. That is over $25,000 per bottle of wine. In 2011, the same case sold for between $97,000 and $116,000 in today’s dollars, marking an increase of over 126% over those 8 years. Overall, the auction seemed to be pretty successful with about 90% of all wines being sold.The rise in popularity of wines being bought from the secondary market has grown intensely from the year 2000 to about $4 billion in 2018. Although this is pretty insignificant if you compare it to total private equity investment activity of $800bn in 2018, $4Bn is still pretty significant.#WineInvesting #InvestInWine #HowMoneyWorksSources:
https://pastebin.com/R4KbyAXuDISCLAIMER: This video is not official financial advice. We are not licensed financial advisers and are not advocating for purchasing any securities mentioned in this video or any other videos posted by Compounded Daily. Always do your research before purchasing any securities.Follow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.-
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Jan 22, 2026 • 13min
How Much Would it Cost to Make an iPhone in America? - How Money Works | How Money Works
How Much Would it Cost to Make an iPhone in America? - How Money WorksThank you to Morning Brew for being my first ever video sponsor. Anybody who has watched my channel for some time knows that I will only work with brands I personally use myself. It's completely free so there is no reason not to check it out at - https://bit.ly/mbhowmoneyworksMorning Brew has been the inspiration for many of my video's so if you enjoy my content you will love theirs.___________________________________________________________________________How much do you think it would cost to make a smartphone like this one here in the United States?How much do you think a manufacturer would end up selling this American made phone for?And most importantly how much extra would you be willing to pay for your next iPhone, Android (or Nokia brick) to have it made in America.You don’t need to answer just yet, but these are some very important questions that have equally serious implications to consumers, companies and some of the most powerful economies in the world.#TradeWar #HowMoneyWorks___________________________________________________________________________Link to my brand new Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/HowMoneyWorks ❤️
___________________________________________________________________________Music by Epidemic SoundFollow to learn How Money Works.Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorksDisclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.-
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