For someone who used to sit up the back of my high-school Economics class listening to 90s indie-pop on a Discman – one headphone in my teacher’s ear – this is probably the clearest, most moving piece of journalism I have yet encountered about the Global Financial Crisis. It starts with background material on the invention of the Euro, then explains in layman’s terms just how and why Greece went topsy-turvy. The rest is history.
An unprecedented hit public radio program in the US, This American Life has an uncanny way of exposing the deceptiveness, corruption and sheer insanity that we are capable of as human beings. This outstanding documentary is no exception.
Critics had nothing but praise for the recent Australian tour by host of This American Life, Ira Glass.
January 28th, 2012 at 9:03 am
this critic was pretty close to throwing her undies…
January 30th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
‘Insanity’ is the word – I sometimes wonder when this fetishistic coveting of money will end. Thanks for linking the documentary, I shall have a listen to it. I love me some Ira Glass.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Thanks for your comment, Hila. Planet Money is also worth checking out (they were behind this particular feature doco) – they do short radio stories on all things money, explained easily for economically challenged people such as myself.