Economics Movies

  • 2006
    The One Percent

    The One Percent

    The One Percent

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    Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of...

    The One Percent
  • 1977
    The People on Market Street: Unit #6: Wages and Production

    The People on Market Street: Unit #6: Wages and Production

    The People on Market Street: Unit #6: Wages and Production

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    A visit to a furniture company helps students understand the concept of labor as a salable service.

    The People on Market Street: Unit #6: Wages and Production
  • 2018
    The World According to Xi Jinping

    The World According to Xi Jinping

    The World According to Xi Jinping

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    Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is on its way to becoming the leading world power of the 21st century. What goals is the mysterious...

    The World According to Xi Jinping
  • 1995
    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

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    The reality of life before, during, and after the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the profound effects the economic...

    The Emperor's New Clothes
  • 2009
    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

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    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was...

    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
  • 2014
    Princes of the Yen

    Princes of the Yen

    Princes of the Yen

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    Set in 20th Century Japan the documentary explores the role and power of Central Banks and how they can be used to change a country's economic...

    Princes of the Yen
  • 2012
    When Bubbles Burst

    When Bubbles Burst

    When Bubbles Burst

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    It is becoming increasingly difficult to protect ourselves from extreme financial volatility. This feature documentary will examine the mechanics...

    When Bubbles Burst
  • 2016
    The Real Adam Smith: Ideas That Changed The World

    The Real Adam Smith: Ideas That Changed The World

    The Real Adam Smith: Ideas That Changed The World

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    The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg, takes an intriguing, two-part look at Smith and the evolution and relevance of his...

    The Real Adam Smith: Ideas That Changed The World
  • 2012
    Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream

    Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream

    Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream

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    If income inequality were a sport, the residents of 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan would all be medalists. This address boasts the highest number of...

    Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
  • 2023
    Nature Morte

    Nature Morte

    Nature Morte

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    Nature Morte
  • 2010
    Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

    Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

    Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

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    When the world’s financial bubble blew, the solution was to lower interest rates and pump trillions of dollars into the sick banking system....

    Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis
  • 2013
    American Made Movie

    American Made Movie

    American Made Movie

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    American Made Movie looks back on the glory days of U.S. manufacturing when there was a more balanced relationship between the goods produced and...

    American Made Movie
  • 2008
    The Hollow Men

    The Hollow Men

    The Hollow Men

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    The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone...

    The Hollow Men
  • 2024
    Finding the Money

    Finding the Money

    Finding the Money

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    FINDING THE MONEY follows economist Stephanie Kelton on a journey through Modern Money Theory or “MMT”. Kelton provocatively asserts the...

    Finding the Money
  • 2019
    How China Got Rich

    How China Got Rich

    How China Got Rich

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    Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed out of all recognition. The scale of its growth and the sheer speed of change has been...

    How China Got Rich
  • 1996
    £830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

    £830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

    £830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

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    25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lost £827 million ($1.3...

    £830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings
  • 2003
    Risk/Reward

    Risk/Reward

    Risk/Reward

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    A 2003 documentary film about women on Wall Street following the lives of four Wall Street women - a research analyst, a currency trader, an NYSE...

    Risk/Reward
  • 2018
    Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today

    Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today

    Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today

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    Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

    Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today
  • 1987
    The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

    The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

    The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture

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    This documentary from 1987 looks at the serious malaise that plagued the US manufacturing sector at the time. No longer competitive in the world...

    The Rise and Fall of American Business Culture
  • 1995
    2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono

    2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono

    2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono

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    Edward de Bono literally sketches out the future in a 90 minute lecture filmed in Copenhagen. He explains 2040 as seen by someone frozen...

    2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono