Economics Movies

  • 2017
    Cuba, A Paradise on the Brink

    Cuba, A Paradise on the Brink

    Cuba, A Paradise on the Brink

    8.72017HD

    Will Cubans be able to safeguard their heritage of pristine Nature and preserved ecological treasures under this new era, as they are facing the...

    Cuba, A Paradise on the Brink
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

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    The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the...

    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
  • 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
  • 2004
    Tax Me If You Can

    Tax Me If You Can

    Tax Me If You Can

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    As the documentary “Tax Me If You Can” explored, the tax shelter became one of corporate America’s biggest hidden profit centers in...

    Tax Me If You Can
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

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    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing...

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
  • 2012
    Payback

    Payback

    Payback

    5.82012HD

    An adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book examining the metaphor of indebtedness.

    Payback
  • 2006
    The One Percent

    The One Percent

    The One Percent

    5.92006HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    7.71996HD

    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
  • 1959
    Lobsters Unlimited

    Lobsters Unlimited

    Lobsters Unlimited

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    An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.

    Lobsters Unlimited
  • 1996
    The Money Masters

    The Money Masters

    The Money Masters

    7.51996HD

    A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power...

    The Money Masters
  • 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
  • 2024
    1997

    1997

    1997

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    1997 revisits South Korea's tumultuous late 1990s through documents obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the civic organization The...

    1997