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97% Owned – Director’s Cut

97% Owned – Director’s Cut

by Shaun Chamberlin | May 20, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Politics, Reviews and recommendations

Off the back of my recent post on Transition Money, this excellent new short film, 97% Owned, explains the privatised, debt-based money system we currently use. The one that allows UK banks to simply create around £200,000,000,000 (£200bn) a year and use it as they...

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