The Art of Making Money

Season 1

TV-PG
What if the best way to make more money - is to create it yourself? In this new documentary series from filmmaker Nathan Truesdell and Field of Vision, we follow folks who decided to take wealth creation into their own hands, and upended the meaning of "value" in the process. Meet a libertarian Florida coin-maker who dreams of bringing down the Federal Reserve; a Danish painter who supports a family of four by exchanging paintings for goods; and a master counterfeiter, who reveals how he minted hundreds of millions of dollars-and got off scot-free. As this series shows, there's more than one kind of currency exchange.

Where to Watch The Art of Making Money • Season 1

6 Episodes

  • A Very Thin Line
    E1
    A Very Thin LineMeet the Americans behind two alternative currencies: the originators of the community-focused BerkShares in Massachusetts, and the Fed-baiting libertarian Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Florida-born Liberty Dollar.
  • This Guy Has Balls
    E1
    This Guy Has Balls
  • This Guy Has Balls
    E2
    This Guy Has BallsThe value of art takes on very different meanings in the work of two Copenhagen residents. One makes paintings he knows will sell well; the other makes paintings that are literally currency, which he uses to pay for dentist visits, clothes, and even drinks at a bar.
  • A Very Thin Line
    E2
    A Very Thin Line
  • The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter
    E3
    The World’s Greatest CounterfeiterThe self-declared “world’s greatest counterfeiter,” Frank Bourassa, printed $250 million in fake US currency until he was caught by an undercover cop in 2012. And yet he hardly served any jail time.
  • The World's Greatest Counterfeiter
    E3
    The World's Greatest Counterfeiter

 

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