In Greed We Trust - The Almightier (Paul Vigna)

01/10/2025 11 min

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Episode Synopsis

What if our entire economic system is based on a 5,000-year-old delusion? From the debt-forgiving kings of ancient Mesopotamia to a radical carpenter who flipped tables in a temple, this isn't your typical history lesson. The Almightier is a wildly entertaining and shocking documentary that charts humanity's journey of transforming money from a simple tool into an all-powerful god.Witness how popes sold salvation like a commodity, how Calvinism gave greed a holy permission slip, and how philosophers and tycoons created a new gospel where selfishness is a virtue and the "invisible hand" is the only deity that matters. Through a sharp, humorous lens, the film reveals how this unspoken religion built our modern world of staggering inequality—and argues that since we invented this god, we have the power to fire it.