Shadowing-Übung: How Money Is Created and How This Makes Some Rich and Some Poor - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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This is the gold price since the 1970s, and that's total money supplied by the US Federal Reserve.
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Here we have new home prices and money supply.
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That's the S&P 500, which tracks the shares of top American businesses and money supply.
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And finally, the Bitcoin price, here on a log scale, and money supply.
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If gold, real estate, stocks and cryptocurrencies all go up with the total cash in circulation, the value of each dollar must go down,
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which raises some crucial questions.
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Why is money losing its value?
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Who creates it?
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Why do we keep printing more?
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And who are the winners and losers of this system?
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The moment you save money, it starts losing value.
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This happens because bankers and government officials keep printing new money. And
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so the total US dollar supply increased from around 1.4 trillion in 1975 to around 129 trillion by the end of 2024,
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and with all the new money, each individual bill lost value.
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To put this in perspective, suppose your grandparents had, very generously, put $10,000 into a piggy bank for you back in 1975.
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It'd still be $10,000 today and would buy you a tiny car.
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If they had exchanged that same amount for gold it would be worth $200,000 today and get you a very fancy sports car.
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Invested in a fund holding shares in the top 500 US public companies it would have grown to 2.8 million dollars.
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You could own lots of cars and a mansion for that.
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So how exactly is money created?
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There are two major forces bankers and and bureaucrats.
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Bankers create new money whenever they take out a loan.
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After they approve a credit, they literally just type the newly created money into your account.
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Woohoo!
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The only requirement, banks must hold about 10% of all the new money they create.
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And when you repay your loan, the money evaporates again.
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Government officials like to spend more than they actually have.
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and so they tend to borrow new money from central banks, fund managers or foreign investors.
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If such a deal happens with the central bank, it just prints new money.
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In 2020, the US Federal Reserve created close to $4 trillion this way,
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which meant that the total dollars in circulation grew by about 26% in a single year.
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Bureaucrats then typically take this new money, invest it in projects, or give it to particular people and special interest groups.
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All this new money, so the theory goes, gets people spending and hence creates jobs and economic growth.
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But there are not only winners.
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The first losers are those who hoard their cash, unaware that all the new money inflates the price of housing, shares and other assets.
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Second are those who have no access to buy other assets or efficient capital markets.
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And last are those who earn too little to invest in housing, gold or stocks.
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This last group often faces a double squeeze.
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They see rent, food and childcare costs rise faster than their paychecks, while wealth-building assets stay out of reach.
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But what do you think?
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How could we solve this problem?
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Should we just stop printing new money?
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Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B2 basiert auf dem Video „How Money Is Created and How This Makes Some Rich and Some Poor“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: dollar, supply, create, value, bank. Dieses Video enthält 45 Sätze und 557 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 4:06. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 136 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 86 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen. 8 der 45 Sätze sind Fragen – gut, um Frageintonation und kurze Antworten zu üben.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
banker Substantiv/ˈbæŋkəː/Bankier, Bankierin
bureaucrat Substantiv/ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/Bürokrat, Bürokratin
circulation Substantiv/ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/Kreislauf, Zirkulation
loser Substantiv/luzɚ/Verlierer, Verliererin
childcare SubstantivKinderbetreuung
cryptocurrency Substantiv/ˈkɹɪp.toʊˌkɝ.ən.si/Kryptowährung, Kryptogeld
evaporate Verb/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/verdampfen, verdunsten
grandparent Substantiv/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/Großeltern, Großelternteil
inflate Verb/ɪnˈfleɪt/aufblasen
unaware Adjektiv/ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/unwissend, nicht wissend
squeeze Verb/skwiːz/drücken, klemmen
investor Substantiv/ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/Anleger, Anlegerin
borrow Verb/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/borgen, ausleihen
mansion Substantiv/ˈmæn.ʃən/Herrenhaus, Villa
approve Verb/əˈpɹuːv/billigen, genehmigen

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

WortBedeutung
check out Verbüberprüfen
go down Verbabsteigen, hinabsteigen
take out Verbherausbringen, herausnehmen

Sätze zum Wiederholen

Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:

  • Why do we keep printing more?
  • How could we solve this problem?
  • Should we just stop printing new money?

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, cryptocurrency /ˈkɹɪp.toʊˌkɝ.ən.si/, evaporate /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

  • /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): woohoo /wuːˈhuː/, unaware /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/, squeeze /skwiːz/
  • Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: squeeze /skwiːz/, approve /əˈpɹuːv/
  • /æ/ — offener als „ä“: banker /ˈbæŋkəː/, bureaucrat /ˈbjʊɹəkɹæt/, evaporate /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/, grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/, mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/

So übst du mit diesem Video

  1. Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
  2. Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie banker, bureaucrat, circulation.

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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