The Architects of Money: Who Decides the Price of Your Life?

Money looks simple: a number in your bank account, a mortgage payment, a salary, a savings balance. But behind every number are institutions most people rarely think about — and yet their decisions shape the cost of almost everything.

This episode explores the power of the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank: how they were built, how they control interest rates, how they responded to the 2008 financial crisis, and why their choices affect inflation, housing, jobs, debt and the future of the global economy.

Because modern money is no longer just cash. It is trust, debt, policy, technology and institutional power. And the real question is: who actually controls the price of your money?

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How Venezuela Lost $100 Billion: The Real Cost of Oil SanctionsVenezuela holds some of the largest oil reserves on Earth. So how did a country sitting on so much wealth end up trapped by sanctions, collapsing infrastructure, shadow trade routes and geopolitical pressure?

This episode explores the real cost of oil sanctions: the fall of PDVSA, the rise of ghost tankers, hidden intermediaries, discounted crude, gold, crypto and the invisible systems that decide whether a nation can actually use its own resources.

At the center of the story is a bigger question: in today’s world, who really controls wealth — the country that owns the oil, or the system that controls how it moves?

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The Dragon’s Gambit | China, Power and the New Global Order

China is reshaping its economic relationship with Europe and Latin America—not only through factories, batteries, electric vehicles and investment, but through a long-term strategy designed to embed its industrial capacity at the heart of other economies.

This episode explores the invisible logic connecting ports, lithium mines, assembly plants, contracts and global supply chains. Because the real question is not simply who builds a factory, but what system begins to operate once that factory becomes connected to the rest of the world.

When does an investment stop being an isolated opportunity and become part of a much larger economic structure? And are we still in time to decide the rules of the game?

The audiovisual version combines real footage, archival material, stock footage and AI-generated visualizations to represent concepts such as economic interdependence, strategic planning and industrial power.

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The Architects of Money: The Federal Reserve & The European Central Bank - https://youtu.be/CMN4c85_-x4Writer: Miranda Latorre
Editor: Mario Capetillo
Narrator: Derrek Carriveau
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Release Date: June 2026