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PARK AVENUE – Money, Power and the American Dream

Economics | 09 May, 2013 | No Comments

Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side) presents his viwe of how the gap between rich and poor Americans is so contrasted, as illustrated by this famous boulevard in New York City. "Money is being used to buy results". If you thought you can rise to the top[...]

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Bitcoin Explained

Economics | 10 Apr, 2013 | 1 Comment

A short video that really explains well the idea of 'Bitcoin', a decentralized digital currency. This documentary talks about the concepts of a digital currency, how bitcoins are 'mined' and the future of digital currency. Directed, Designed and Animated by Duncan Elms - duncanelms.com Written and Voiced by Marc Fennell - Watch Documentary Online Now

One day in the life of a rice farmer

Asia, Economics | 06 Apr, 2013 | 1 Comment

For many, a bowl of rice is a simple trip to the supermarket. Rarely do we think about the production of our food. The documentary shows a typical day in the life of a rice farmer and the laborious process of rice farming. You can see how well-connected the whole system is and the number of parties involved in[...]

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Money As Debt

Economics | 01 Mar, 2013 | 1 Comment

Money As Debt is a fast-paced & highly entertaining animated feature by artist & videographer, Paul Grignon. It explains today's magically perverse DEBT-MONEY SYSTEM in terms that are easy to understand. This is a must see for anyone interested in the economy and how it[...]

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This Is The Last Dam Run of Likker I’m Ever Gonna Make

Business, Economics | 28 Feb, 2013 | 1 Comment

Popcorn Sutton's last run of moonshine. Just before his death, the legendary Popcorn Sutton allowed a film crew to shoot his last run of moonshine so that people can see what a moonshiner has to go through to continue business. This was filmed on a VHS video camera (by a close friend) and was never copyrighted[...]

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The Dark Side of Chocolate

Economics | 23 Feb, 2013 | 1 Comment

Is the chocolate we eat produced with the use of child labour and trafficked children? While we enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate, the reality is strikingly different for African children. In 2001 consumers around the world were outraged to discover that child labor and slavery, trafficking, and other abuses existed on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast, a[...]

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Give Us The Money

Economics | 08 Feb, 2013 | No Comments

From Live Aid to Make Poverty History, celebrities have become activists against poverty. Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor. But have their concerts and campaigns really lifted millions out of poverty? Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates speak candidly about how to lobby effectively and how to[...]

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Shelter: a look at Manchester’s homeless

Economics | 18 Jan, 2013 | No Comments

Manchester City Council state only 7 people sleep rough in the city. If they are sleeping in a bus shelter, that counts as a roof. With the number of people sleeping rough in the UK rising, this film take a look at the people that the council say don't exist.   Watch Documentary Online Now

The One Percent

Economics | 09 Jan, 2013 | No Comments

This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political,[...]

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Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box

Economics | 08 Jan, 2013 | 1 Comment

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a thriller based on actual events that takes you to the heart of our automated world. Based on interviews with those directly involved and data visualizations up to the millisecond, it reconstructs the flash crash of May 6th 2010: the fastest and deepest U.S. stock market plunge[...]

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The Ka-Ching Dynasty

Asia, Economics | 06 Jan, 2013 | No Comments

The economic transformation of China has been electrifying. But with Europe teetering and the US plodding, can the biggest tiger of all keep on roaring? China's super-rich certainly think they can. Outside a private Beijing nightclub Porsches, Maseratis and Ferraris compete for space. Inside the club is packed with the children of China's super-rich enjoying a[...]

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Campesino a Campesino

Economics | 19 Dec, 2012 | No Comments

A short documentary that centers around a native Maya woman who has learned new techniques for farming, and for life, from the Unión de Agricultores Minifundistas de Guatemala based in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala - an organization that spreads new ideas and new techniques through the farmer to farmer method of teaching. Find out more about the filmmakers, the subjects and Guatemala[...]

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The Global Food Crisis & Bernanke’s Recipe for Disaster

Economics | 16 Dec, 2012 | 1 Comment

What happens when America's 'just-in-time' food distribution system collides with drought, followed in turn by massive price inflation as the dollar is printed into oblivion? Very hard times, dead ahead. You've been[...]

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The Midas Formula: Trillion Dollar Bet

Economics | 20 Nov, 2012 | 43 Comments

The account behind maybe the best recipe ever created in finance: the Black-Scholes-Merton alternatives pricing model. Two of its creators were granted the Nobel Prize in Economic science in 1997. A yr. later their hedge fund Long Term capital Management (LTCM) had fallen in with stupefying losses of $ $ 100 billion dollars a result[...]

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