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Commodity-Backed Money Versus Fiat Money

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The use of precious metals as money goes back nearly three thousand years.

Tarek El Diwany: Origin of Banking

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Tarek El Diwany explains the beginning of manufactured money.

Max Keiser: The Federal Reserve

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Is the Fed just an extension of European Central Banks?

Max Keiser: Owning Pennsylvania

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Former Wall Street trader Max Keiser discusses copyright laws, currency and the tax system.

Hugo Salinas Price: The Gold Pound

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The very thing which built the Western Empire has been forgotten…

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The Grandparents of Brexit

It is by far the most emotive and divisive issue of a generation: Brexit has split families, ended relationships, derailed political careers and divided a country. But was the outcome of the EU referendum on the 23rd of June 2016 a rash, knee jerk decision, or had anti-EU feeling been building for many years? If Brexit was a long time in the making, we ask: Who were the real grandparents of Brexit?

Thrown under the bus

Renationalising Britain's rail system is a daily debate. As many commuters feel the full force of ineffective, privatised rail companies, they're vocal about their plight. But surprisingly, there are far more British bus users than rail commuters. And they have been neglected. A privatised bus system has meant that many are left stranded. So, we ask: Why have so many people in the UK been thrown under the bus?

The not-so-free press

George Orwell famously said journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations. In a world festooned with PR exercises and reputation management, was Mr Orwell overly cynical, or was he well ahead of his time? With print media's business model in free fall, newspaper proprietors are increasingly desperate to find ways to ensure financial viability. The problem with this approach is that corporate interests can and often do trump the interests of readers. Joining us to discuss how free the UK press really is are the lecturer in journalism and media studies at Birkbeck College, Justin Schlosberg, and the editor of Open Media at openDemocracy, James Cusick.