The history of money told by graphs

DESCRIPTION 200 years of money, turned into sound. Gold, crashes, debt, currencies, Bitcoin, and the hyperinflation so extreme it breaks the graph. When the line goes up, the note goes up. When it crashes, you'll hear it. 0:00 Intro 0:26 Gold 1:06 What $100 is worth 1:33 Inflation 2:01 Every stock market crash 2:35 Oil 2:54 Mexico 1994 3:08 Thailand 1997 3:24 America's debt 3:52 Interest rates 4:07 The British pound 4:25 The yen 4:43 China's yuan 5:00 The most boring sound in money 5:14 Bitcoin 5:40 770 years of British income 6:05 The world gets rich 6:22 North vs South Korea 6:44 Venezuela 7:09 Germany 1923 (it breaks the graph) 7:58 Which one sounded the worst? Data: • Gold: monthly price since 1833 · datahub.io (World Bank / LBMA) • What $100 from 1913 buys, and inflation: US CPI-U, monthly 1913–2026 · US Bureau of Labor Statistics • S&P 500: Robert Shiller data via datahub.io • Interest rates: Robert Shiller data to 1953, then the 10-year Treasury yield (Federal Reserve) via datahub.io • Brent crude: datahub.io (US EIA) • Exchange rates (pound, yen, yuan, Hong Kong dollar, peso, baht, bolívar): Federal Reserve H.10 via datahub.io. Venezuela adjusted for the 2008, 2018 and 2021 redenominations • US national debt: US Treasury, Historical Debt Outstanding • Bitcoin: Blockchain.com average market price • Income per person (UK, World, Koreas): Maddison Project Database 2023 via Our World in Data • Germany 1914–1923: R.L. Bidwell, Currency Conversion Tables (1970); Nov 1923 official rate 4.2 trillion • Hungary 1946: Hanke & Krus, World Hyperinflations (2012) Some figures are monthly averages and rounded. Graphs and animation made with code, no AI images or video. Narration voice is AI-generated. #history #money #economics #dataisbeautiful #sound #finance #hyperinflation