I’ve been paying attention to the world economic news for quite a while now. I’ve had a strong sense that significant things are happening that aren’t being reported, and though I have strong critical thinking skills, I didn’t have the knowledge base to interpret for myself the things I was seeing reported.

One of the things I began to learn more about was the US monetary system, which has been fascinating and eye opening.

Since what I learn about, I talk to my kids about, they began asking really good questions. I prefer not to be the repository of knowledge for them, and try to direct them to other resources to answer their questions. I found the following video series, The Hidden Secrets of Money by Mike Malone.

This answered some of their questions and has led to other questions. Mike Maloney has the ability to break down complex concepts and make them easily understandable. I had some familiarity with these topics based on past reading I’ve done over the years, but I watched this series more than once and have continued to learn more in order to have a broader understanding of the issues that he’s talking about.

Monetary history repeats over and over again. This series was created in 2013, and it was interesting for me to see the foreshadowing of current events, as he described the the different stages of an economy.

Knowledge is valuable, because it helps you to interpret what is happening around you, without being dependent on the commentary of others. This is true in all areas. For me, learning about these issues has been eye opening.

Avivah