# 2 books that explain how the world actually works
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Original URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU
Author: Josh Panebianco
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## Transcript [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=0s) Two books that explain how the world [0:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=2s) actually works. The first book is Why [0:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=4s) Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, [0:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=6s) Prosperity, and Poverty. [0:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=8s) In this book, the author shows it's not [0:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=10s) actually about location, resources, or [0:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=12s) culture. It all comes down to whether a [0:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=14s) country's system lets everyday people [0:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=17s) build wealth or just protects elites. [0:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=20s) The second book is Debt: The First 5,000 [0:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=22s) Years. In this book, the author shows [0:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=24s) that IOUs or virtual debt came thousands [0:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=28s) of years before physical coins, [0:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=30s) completely flipping how we think of [0:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=31s) power, wealth, and morality. [0:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=34s) Read this book, you will completely [0:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ilpjSvKRIU&t=35s) change how you view money.
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1. video: https://social-archiver-api.social-archive.org/media/archives/hanshelder/ZEO3sH8dHr/media/0.mp4