Ray Dalio made a 30-minute video called How the Economic Machine Works, available on YouTube.

Judge as of 2018-02-01. True: a video titled 'How the Economic Machine Works', made and presented by Ray Dalio, existed and was publicly available on YouTube by that date, with a running time of roughly 30 minutes (about 25-35 minutes counts). Mostly true: the video exists and is by Dalio, but a detail is off, such as a runtime somewhat outside that range or availability mainly on another platform. Mostly false: a related Dalio video exists, but with a materially different title or format. False: no such video by Dalio existed by that date.

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1. E1 How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio YouTube (channel: Principles by Ray Dalio) · 22 September 2013 Own record

   “Created by Ray Dalio this simple but not simplistic and easy to follow 30 minute, animated video answers the question, "How does the economy really work?"”

2. E2 Jonathan Jarvis and Ray Dalio: How the Economic Machine Works Motionographer · 17 October 2013

   “At a staggering 30 minutes in length, “How the Economic Machine Works” (above) is based on an educational project authored by Dalio.”

E1 is the YouTube page itself, dated 2013-09-22 on the 'Principles by Ray Dalio' channel. It describes 'How The Economic Machine Works' as a 30-minute animated video created by Ray Dalio. E2, an independent Motionographer article from 2013-10-17, confirms the video is 30 minutes long and is based on Dalio's work. Together they show the video existed on YouTube well before 2018-02-01, with a runtime inside the 25–35 minute range set by the criteria.