Worth watching: The Flaw

We ordered this doc on iTunes last night. Excellent historical perspective and insight,  very well made.   Well worth watching.

International award winning director David Sington tells the story of the credit bubble which caused the financial crisis, which has brought suffering to millions. Forsaking easy explanations of greedy bankers and incompetent regulators, this film goes to the roots of the forces which caused America and the UK to be gripped by the crazy belief that everyone could be rich and property prices would rise for ever.  Here is a direct video link.

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Danielle on Money Talks radio

Danielle was a guest today at 9am PT (noon ET) with Michael Campbell of Money Talks on CKNW radio, Vancouver. You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.

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60 Minutes: The future of money

Technology is increasingly empowering individuals and cutting conventional rent-takers out of the equation. It turns out in these new service models focus on serving their customers rather than abusing them:  “You don’t have to be greedy to be successful.”  Imagine that.

Tech giants like Apple and Google are all steadily rolling out new-fangled services to turn our smartphones into digital wallets — replacing cash and checks. It may seem cutting edge, but as we first reported in November, there’s one country that adopted mobile money years ago: Kenya. Here is a direct video link.

 

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