Here are 20 videos from ChrisMartenson.com on how our economy works. If you want to learn more about how money is generated at the government level, this is a great video series. It is free, and will take you about 3 hours and 20 minutes to go through all of them. They are well worth your time to review.
Here is the link and I hope you enjoy: http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse