Hat Tip to Tristero over at Digby's place for links to these two videos about money. This isn't the whole story by any means, but when Paul Krugman talks about "Your debt is my income and vice versa" or you hear the usual tripe about the government printing money and debasing the currency, these two videos from James Schamus will give a handle on the real story. They are films 6 and 7 from the We The Economy project.
Here's the first from Schamus: http://youtu.be/...
And here's the sequel: http://youtu.be/...
Enjoy!