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Aspartame – Sweet Misery, A Poisoned World. This is the film that Coca Cola and Pepsi would rather you didn’t watch.
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America, Freedom to Fascism. Aaron Russo’s (February 14, 1943 – August 24, 2007) brilliant documentary tracing the history of the American income tax and questioning its legitimacy. RIP Aaron.
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What is money? Most people I ask tell me it is a measure of wealth and I once thought along the same lines until I started taking a closer look at the history of the pieces of paper and shiny coins that constitute our currency.

Have a watch of the video below. Taken from an American perspective but just as applicable to our economies in Europe, it’s lengthy (sorry, but there’s a lot to cover), and stuffed full of historical references that trace the evolution of money through the centuries and up to the present day. But it’ll keep you engaged and, apart from the narrator’s irritating habit of jabbing his pencil or finger at the viewer all the time, it’s an easy watch.
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