Economics Movies

  • 1995
    Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

    Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

    Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

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    This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and...

    Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
  • 2023
    Reviving Japan's Economy: Breaking Free of 3 Decades of Stagnation

    Reviving Japan's Economy: Breaking Free of 3 Decades of Stagnation

    Reviving Japan's Economy: Breaking Free of 3 Decades of Stagnation

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    Three "lost" decades of economic stagnation since the collapse of Japan's bubble era have fundamentally altered the country's global image, and...

    Reviving Japan's Economy: Breaking Free of 3 Decades of Stagnation
  • 2024
    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

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    Britain feels under-funded and falling apart. On the eve of the election, as politicians debate the causes, economist Tim Harford looks at what the...

    Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy
  • 2009
    Floored

    Floored

    Floored

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    Enter a world where pandemonium reigns and reckless ambition rules: the trading floors in the financial canyons of downtown Chicago. Here, men use...

    Floored
  • 1951
    Balance 1950

    Balance 1950

    Balance 1950

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    A visual précis of the annual report of chemicals giant ICI

    Balance 1950
  • 1952
    What Makes Us Tick

    What Makes Us Tick

    What Makes Us Tick

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    An optimistic overview and explanation of the stock market with animated examples.

    What Makes Us Tick
  • 1959
    Lobsters Unlimited

    Lobsters Unlimited

    Lobsters Unlimited

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    An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.

    Lobsters Unlimited
  • 1986
    Riding the Tornado

    Riding the Tornado

    Riding the Tornado

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    This documentary focuses on boom-and-bust economic cycles, most notably that of Alberta oil during the '70s and early '80s. When the bust hit after a...

    Riding the Tornado
  • 1970
    Freedom of Choice: How the Government Controls What You Consume

    Freedom of Choice: How the Government Controls What You Consume

    Freedom of Choice: How the Government Controls What You Consume

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    Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these...

    Freedom of Choice: How the Government Controls What You Consume
  • 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
  • 2009
    Money as Debt II

    Money as Debt II

    Money as Debt II

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    Bailouts, stimulus packages, debt piled upon debt…Where will it all end? How did we get into a situation where there has never been more...

    Money as Debt II
  • 1948
    Robinson Charley

    Robinson Charley

    Robinson Charley

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    No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

    Robinson Charley
  • 2009
    1929: The Great Crash

    1929: The Great Crash

    1929: The Great Crash

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    A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on...

    1929: The Great Crash
  • 2017
    White Walls Say Nothing

    White Walls Say Nothing

    White Walls Say Nothing

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    Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has oscillated between dictatorship and democracy for...

    White Walls Say Nothing
  • 2018
    The Power of Zero

    The Power of Zero

    The Power of Zero

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    As the US debt spirals out of control, it polarizes society and threatens to disrupt traditional retirement with an impending freight train of...

    The Power of Zero
  • 1975
    The Way the Eagle Shits

    The Way the Eagle Shits

    The Way the Eagle Shits

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    Al Levin examines the system which functions to keep the working class in the United States oppressed.

    The Way the Eagle Shits
  • 2014
    Euroestafa

    Euroestafa

    Euroestafa

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    This documentary analyses the perverse monetary policies initiated before the euro inception. It focuses on the case of Spain and the terrible...

    Euroestafa
  • 1912
    The High Cost of Living

    The High Cost of Living

    The High Cost of Living

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    Forbidden from marrying the man she loves by her wealthy businessman father because he is too poor Mildred Lord determines to find a solution....

    The High Cost of Living
  • 2014
    Fascism Inc.

    Fascism Inc.

    Fascism Inc.

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    Unknown short stories from the past, the present and the future of fascism and its relation to the economic interests of each era. We will travel...

    Fascism Inc.
  • 1987
    At the Crossroads

    At the Crossroads

    At the Crossroads

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    This feature documentary is an inquiry into Canada's economic troubles of the 1970 and '80s. The film summarizes the facts at hand, including some...

    At the Crossroads