| Description |
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Performer |
Lecturer, Richard Wolff. |
| Credits |
Editor, Jason Young. |
| Event |
"Filmed at Smith College, Northampton, MA, November 19th, 2008." |
| Summary |
"Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the sources of the economic crisis to the 1970's, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown"--Container. |
| Contents |
Three things the economic crisis is not -- How we got here : American exceptionalism -- History interrupted : the trauma of flat wages -- Coping with trauma : the people's response -- The meaning of the "trauma" for business -- Bust and no boom in sight -- What won't work : re-regulation -- So what might work? -- Beyond free markets and regulation. |
| Note |
Special features include: Abridged version (36 min.) and trailers for the documentaries In debt we trust, The overspent American, and Consuming kids. |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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United States -- Economic policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Wolff, Richard D.
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Jhally, Sut.
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Media Education Foundation.
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| ISBN |
1932869301 |
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9781932869309 |
| Music No. |
897952001168 |
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