Economics Movies

An exposé on how the government has allow U.S. corporations to avoid paying taxes and the growing wave of discontent that it has fostered.

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

For three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets...

An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.

Though the recession officially ended in summer 2009, the fallout continues for some 25 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, many of whom...

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...

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...

What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The...

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was...

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...

Two decades after the initial exposé of the corporation, this follow-up unveils a world now fully remade in its image and perilously close to...

The reality of life before, during, and after the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the profound effects the economic...

A vivid, honest, often humorous and always insightful look at our struggle with investments and retirement. Michael Covel traveled 75,000 miles over...

A documentary on the rise and fall of Project Cybersyn, an attempt at a computer-managed centralized economy undertaken in Chile during the...

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

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...

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

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

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

In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...