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Business debt in the U.S. is skyrocketing, nearing $14 trillion, raising concerns about financial stability. The focus on short-term profits has led to stagnation in major companies, as executives prioritize stock buybacks over employee investment. This trend reflects a broader shift from value creation to value extraction in corporate culture, fostering disparity in pay and diminishing long-term growth potential. The podcast critiques this approach, calling for a return to sustainable business practices to ensure healthier economic outcomes.

Everything You Need To Know About the Chinese Evergrande Crisis (So Far) - How Money Works Sign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈-----For those of you who are not already aware this has the potential to be far more than a run of the mill corporate bankruptcy. Evergrande employs over 200,000 people directly while also providing work for as many as 4 million subcontractors who work to erect thousands of buildings for the company every year. Beyond just job losses, the company is also holding deposits for 1.5 million properties that may not be delivered to regular Chinese citizens who were just looking for a home or an investment property. Now loosing a home is terrible in ANY country, but perhaps nowhere more so than in China. The value of these properties compared to the incomes of people buying them is astronomical, and it often takes multiple family generations to save up for a deposit. Because of this, real estate has become basically the only thing that most people invest in, and over a million people losing that investment will have massive knock on economic impacts beyond just putting people out on the streets (as is that wasn’t bad enough already) Despite these social issues and the apparent threat to the national and global economy the Chinese government has said that they are not prepared to bail out the company.Why? Well politics… but there are a few things that you need to understand about this crisis as we watch it play out in real time. The first is how this collapse actually started in what looked like an otherwise very healthy company?The second is how bad could this get if the government does not step in?And the third is, Will this all be contained? Or could this leak out and cause an economic collapse in countries outside of China?#Evergrande #ChineseEconomy #HowMoneyWorks___________________________________________________________________________Link to my brand new Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/HowMoneyWorks ❤️___________________________________________________________________________Music by Epidemic Sound___________________________________________________________________________ Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme Really Wasn't That Bad - How Money Works Sign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈-----Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, which at it’s height had an apparent 65 billion dollars in assets under management made up of investments by everybody from wall street billionaires to pension funds. This all came crashing down in December of 2008, as the fraudulent businessman was arrested and subsequently charged to face over 100 years in prison, a sentence that he served up until his death last month. But here is the thing, Bernie's fraud, was… not…that… bad… In fact there is arguably more damaging behaviors taking place in the markets day in and day out today by some of the most revered businessmen in the world. To understand this, it’s time to learn how money works by defending the indefensible and really understanding how Bernie Madoff ran his business. So the basic function of a Ponzi scheme is that a legitimate looking operation is set up to attract investors looking to make a nice healthy return. Now this operation could theoretically purport to do anything…. Shipping, mining, manufacturing, but more often than not it is investing.Why investing?Because it is the most discrete… you see you will never actually perform any of the tasks that you claim you will to the investors and an investment firm doing nothing looks pretty much identical to an investment firm doing a lot, at least from the outside. #BernieDidNothingWrong #Finance #HowMoneyWorks Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Much Worse Can Home Prices Possibly Get? 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. --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Video Has Made Me $810.61 Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Download the free Ground News app to get 40% off a Ground News Vantage membership by going to https://ground.news/howmoneyworksSign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈-----This video has made me that much money, assuming that YouTube hasn’t changed their layout since I posted this video. This money will be a combination of my 55% revenue share I get from YouTubes’ Adsense system as a member of their Partner Program and the money I will get from the very brave company that I somehow convinced to sponsor today’s video.If you are part of the roughly 30% of people that watch my new videos in the first day after they are uploaded, then firstly thank you, but you might also notice that the number down there is negative, and that’s because I have also decided to include how much it costs me to make these videos. I’ve done this for two reasons, the first is because I thought you might find it interesting, especially if you have ever aspired to start a YouTube channel of your own. I’ve also done it to highlight a big problem that I think is worth talking about, monetization drastically effects what you spend your time watching here on YouTube without you even realising it. If you aren’t watching on the first day this video goes live then the title was “This video has made me -$953.56” because that’s how much I spend all in on making the video you are watching right now. That might surprise you, after all most of my videos are made from edited movie scenes and stock clips, compared to some of the things you watch on YouTube, I don’t need to give piles of cash away, film in exotic locations or get a new car every other week.But I still employ an editor who I want to pay very well for the work he does in making these videos come to life, and on top of that there are licenses for the software applications I use, as well as licenses for the things as mundane as a cloud storage drive, email servers and accounting software.The barriers to entry for a YouTube channel like mine are very low, but they are rising, especially if you want to stand out in an ever more competitive landscape of high budget content, and this is causing perhaps one of the biggest problems on the platform. And no, I am not talking about people saying naughty things and getting their videos demonetized, I’m talking about something that greatly impacts the way you consume hours of video every week. #youtubemonetization #howmoneyworks #finance -------Thanks to Ed6767 for the image at 7:19https://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.group Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Everything Became A Subscription. Go to https://buyraycon.com/hmw to get 15% off your Raycon purchase!Sign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈-----Why is everything a subscription? Subscription services are everywhere effecting personal finance the average person is now spending $273 a month on subscriptions and at the same time less than one third of them could afford a $1,000 expense without going into debt…This only includes software services like netflix, disney plus, hulu, spotify, adobe, apple music, xbox games pass and others. It does not include other recuring expenses like gym or club memberships. Service companies are doing this to attract venture capital investment. These investors favour subscription businesses because they provide consistent cash flows and can be scaled rapidly before being sold through a traditional IPO, a SPAC or to a private equity fund. But these businesses are not always perfect and there are some products that just make more sense to sell through a one time direct sale. So it’s time to Learn How Money Works to find out how everything became a subscription. ----#finance #howmoneyworks Edited By: Andrew GonzalesMusic Courtesy of: Epidemic SoundSelect Footage Courtesy of: Getty ImagesFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact sponsors@worksmedia.groupAll materials in these videos are for educational purposes only and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. This video does not provide investment or financial advice of any kind. Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI Is Laying Off... Senior Executives 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. --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the Fed Could Fix Inflation Tomorrow (If It Wanted To) - How Money Works Sign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈----After six months of blaring alarm bells the fed finally said this week that inflation might be a concern in the short to medium term. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to solving it I suppose… but the economy has become used to easy money and the remaining steps to kick this addiction are going to be a lot more painful… probably. We are all used to seeing the memes about money printing and the headlines about stock shortages causing price spikes, but is it possible to actually fix this? Well regular viewers of the channel will know I hate needlessly dragging out an answer, so the simple answer is yes! The fed could fix this problem tomorrow if they really wanted to, but that type of extreme cure might very well be worse than the disease, which is the crux of the predicament we find ourselves in. A lot of people are frustrated that price inflation is happening before our eyes and the people with the power to fix this problem don’t even want to admit it exists. It just doesn’t seem to make sense but there is a really good reason they are acting like this. To find out why that is, it’s time to learn How Money Works to really understand how the fed is stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. The reality is that they will eventually need to sacrifice one of the following things, the stock market, the housing market, the government, or the dollar itself. #HyperInflation #Fed #HowMoneyWorks___________________________________________________________________________Link To The Capitalists Discord where I hang out with other creators - https://discord.gg/8MeNJ7gfSRLink to my vid on fed profitability - https://youtu.be/DyQ5H8DbdlgLink to my vid on retirement - https://youtu.be/Q5sF0MbfVn8 Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Are Unpaid Internships Still Legal? Defending the Indefensible - How Money Works Sign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈-----Link to my brand new Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/HowMoneyWorks ❤️___________________________________________________________________________Nobody likes needing to go to work, but we do it because it puts money in our pockets and food on our tables, and hey if you can find a job that you don’t totally hate to fill this requirement that’s great. But what about jobs that you aren’t paid for at all?Unpaid internships rightfully attract a fair bit of scrutiny in modern corporate America. Many say that these roles effectively amount to slave labor, where scummy companies are able to take advantage of free workers to do the menial tasks that they would have otherwise had to employ an office secretary for. Even the best unpaid internship programs at high end technology companies have their critics, for some pretty valid reasons.And you know, on the surface this looks pretty cut and dry. A worker should get an honest compensation for an honest days work, that’s just fair, but what if that compensation didn’t come in the form of a pay check?Well it’s time to learn how money works by defending the indefensible and looking how unpaid internships of all things could actually be the answer to a lot of the problems facing our modern workforce.#LaborCrisis #Careers #HowMoneyWorks___________________________________________________________________________Link To The Capitalists Discord where I hang out with other creators - https://discord.gg/8MeNJ7gfSRMusic by Epidemic Sound Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Job Achieves Nothing... (probably) - How Money Works Sign up for my newsletter http://compoundeddaily.com 👈----In the last century service jobs have gone from representing less than a quarter of all jobs to now representing nearly 80% of workers. Now when we think of service jobs we think of people serving us coffee, finding a pair of pants from out the back, or carrying bags to our hotel room. Sure they might be an unnecessary luxury for the people using these services but it’s still pretty easy to see that they do produce value, be it in the form of a nice cup of coffee, a flash new outfit, or promptly delivered luggage (without the need for a physio appointment the next day)But you see the thing is the service sector is far more broad than the name implies it encompasses everybody from call center salespeople to CEO’s.In fact it is quiet difficult these days to find a job outside of the service sector specifically because those roles require special certifications, remember that for later because it is important. But the growth of the self-serving service sector, and the subsequent rise in bull jobs that came with it seems a bit odd.Surely the efficient free market would weed out these individuals that are contributing nothing, punishing the companies that bear their salary expenses while rewarding the more efficient organizations that do without them… right?#Careers #MyJobSucks #HowMoneyWorks Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: 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. - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices