Most of us have no idea where our money is going round. How do the international financial markets, banks and insurance companies act? How do the "off shore centers" function? Why do international corporations pay no or hardly any taxes? What is it that occupies the World Bank and IMF throughout the day, and what do they produce in the form of “burned earth”? What about the North-South conflict and the perverted doings of the WTO? And how does all that concern us? Plenty. With an eye toward exposing the policies and practices that affect the global economy, director Erwin Wagenhofer traverses the planet in a heroic effort to trace money as it passes through the international finance system. Making stops in First World countries and developing nations alike, the film reveals the far-reaching consequences of relaxed credit, deregulation and privatization as well as shocking examples of greed and ruthlessness,