THE SPIRIT OF MONEY - Germany - 2007

From numerous different perspectives, Yorick Niess' documentary shows the many facets of money, which is more than it seems.
"The Spirit of Money" makes it clear that money has greater meaning than is generally given to it. It is supposed to perform functions that are actually mutually exclusive. And that has consequences that are rarely pinned down and made as apparent as they are in the current financial crisis.

Among other things with Jean Ziegler, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, the political scientist Prof. Dr. Elmar Altvater, Götz Werner and Dennis J. Snower, heads of the Institute for the World Economy at Kiel University (IfW).