简介：Thefollow-uptotheoriginal"MoneyasDebt",whichexplainedtheoriginsofthemodernday"fractionalreservesystem"andmodernbanking.Thisfollow-upfocusesonmoremodern-daybankingandtheeffectthemoneysupplyhasontheeconomy.Producedin2008andreleasedin2009,youwillbeamazedatjusthowwellthisfilmpredictedourcurrent(2011)financialcrisis. Bothfilmsmaysoundincrediblydull,buttheproducersexplainthingsusingsimplecartooncharactersandanimateddiagramstokeepyouinterested.Whilethequalityofthestaticcartoonsandanimationinbothfilmsisquitepoor,youdon'twatchafilmlikethisexpectingFantasia. Ifyouareintohistory&politics,youwillfindthissequelalmostasfascinatingasthefirst.Myonlycriticism:Thissequeldoesrepeatthemyththat"ittookWorldWarIItofinallypullusoutoftheGreatDepression"...asurprisingeconomicblunderforsuchadetailedfilm(ifwarprovidessuchaneconomicboom,explainthefactthewarsinIraqandAfghanistanhavehadadevastatingeconomiceffectontheU.S.today?)Butonceyougetpastthathugeblunder,theremainderisquiteaccurate. Fascinatingtothepointofhorrifying,"MoneyasDebtII"isnearlyeverybitasgoodastheoriginal.…