Economics Movies

  • 2001
    Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

    Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

    Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

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    The hallmarks of popular music - artist independence and diversity of voices - are threatened by a contracting marketplace of record companies, radio...

    Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2008
    I.O.U.S.A.

    I.O.U.S.A.

    I.O.U.S.A.

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    With the country's debt growing out of control, Americans by and large are unaware of the looming financial crisis. This documentary examines several...

    I.O.U.S.A.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2026
    All the Magazine's Men

    All the Magazine's Men

    All the Magazine's Men

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    After being tricked into burning his cash on the stock market, a man embarks on an odyssey through the business underworld with a single goal:...

    All the Magazine's Men
  • 2012
    Four Horsemen

    Four Horsemen

    Four Horsemen

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    Documentary about the modern apocalypse caused by a rapacious banking system. 23 leading thinkers – frustrated at the failure of their...

    Four Horsemen
  • 1977
    The People on Market Street: Unit #1: Scarcity and Planning

    The People on Market Street: Unit #1: Scarcity and Planning

    The People on Market Street: Unit #1: Scarcity and Planning

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    An introduction to the cast of this educational series about Economics, and how desire for more motivates the economy.

    The People on Market Street: Unit #1: Scarcity and Planning
  • 2009
    Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics

    Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics

    Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics

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    Based on Thomas Ferguson's book Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems this film...

    Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics
  • 1970
    The Bigger Bubble

    The Bigger Bubble

    The Bigger Bubble

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    After starting a painting business right before the housing crash, a filmmaker drives over 35,000 miles to track down the people who saw it coming...

    The Bigger Bubble
  • 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
  • 2025
    Leviathan

    Leviathan

    Leviathan

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    Why is social trust breaking down, and how do we find it again? This is the question at the heart of Leviathan. Directed and produced by Alexander...

    Leviathan
  • 2024
    Loyalty Cards: Are They Worth It?

    Loyalty Cards: Are They Worth It?

    Loyalty Cards: Are They Worth It?

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    Alexis Conran investigates whether loyalty cards save consumers money when shopping, looking into the possibility that supermarkets could be...

    Loyalty Cards: Are They Worth It?
  • 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
  • 1959
    Lobsters Unlimited

    Lobsters Unlimited

    Lobsters Unlimited

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    An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.

    Lobsters Unlimited
  • 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