Four Horsemen (2012)

Directed by

Ross Ashcroft

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines how fractional reserve banking and debt-based economies threaten Western civilization. It interviews economists and critics who argue that wars and political lobbying create more debt for banks.

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What happens

Four Horsemen is a 2012 British documentary film directed by Ross Ashcroft. The film criticises the system of fractional reserve banking, debt-based economy and political lobbying by banks, which it regards as a serious threat to Western civilisation. It criticises the war on terror, which it maintains is not fought to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizations, but to create larger debt to the banks. As an alternative, the film promotes a return to classical economics and the gold standard. Among those interviewed are Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist at the World Bank; Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor; John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; ecological economist and steady-state theorist Herman Daly, formerly at the World Bank; and Max Keiser, TV host and former trader. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2012. A book based on the film has been published. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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