Economics Movies

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

An examination of the causes of the global economic crisis which began in 2008, studying how decades of social changes have influenced financial...

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

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...

It is well known in economics academia that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 is loaded with powerful symbols of monetary...

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

An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.

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

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

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...

Spanning over 2,000 years, this study looks at the complex relationship between Jewish and Catholic thought from a social and historical perspective....

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...

Why is the gap between the rich and the poor growing faster in New Zealand than in most other OECD countries? And why is inequality bad for all of...

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

“I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittman....

An eye-opening look at budgetary disclosure practices of local US government agencies. Typically referred to as the 'budget' or 'budget report', a...

Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America tells Madoff's story superbly, although it was put together before Madoff was sentenced to 150 years...

Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being...

"Where is my money?" - the question that everyone is sure to have asked themselves at some point is the starting point for filmmaker Philipp Enders'...

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...