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Commanding Heights - The Battle for the World Economy
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Product Details
- Starring: Ben Stein, Barbara Castle, Paul Volcker, Tony Benn, Jeffrey Sachs
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: William Cran, Greg Barker
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- EAN: 0783421357037
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- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
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- Label: Wgbh Boston
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- Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston
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- Number of Items: 3
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Wgbh Boston
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- Release Date: 2002-05-14
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- Studio: Wgbh Boston
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- Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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- Title: Commanding Heights - The Battle for the World Economy
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- UPC: 783421357037
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: The history and impact of the new global economy are made clear--and compelling--in Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. This three-part, six-hour documentary does an astonishingly thorough job of dissecting and explaining macroeconomics and their current political and social importance without ever causing a loss of consciousness for the viewer. Part 1, The Battle of Ideas, chronicles the history of economic thought from the start of the 20th century and its socialist reforms right through the deregulation of the 1980s. Part 2, The Agony of Reform, explores the upheavals that such deregulation caused, focusing primarily on economic growth and gains and touching briefly on the wrenching consequences for the poor. Part 3, The New Rules of the Game, explores the consequences of globalization, including terrorism and the contagion of market collapse. The series makes good use of both large- and small-scale examples, and features interviews with several major world leaders. There is a slight teenybopper feel to The Battle for the World's Economy's admiration for today's celebrity economists, but the contagious enthusiasm is part of what makes the series so interesting. Big ideas are made extremely accessible to the average viewer (without condescension). Well worth watching. --Ali Davis
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Customer Reviews
Primer on modern economics
This documentary is fantastic overview of the two conflicting economic models that have largely shaped the last century. Captialism vs. socialism, free markets vs. protected economies are explored thorougly. I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in understanding the forces that have shaped world economies over the last century.
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Commands attention
I dont purchase CD's or DVDs anymore. I think they are overpriced, and specially now that you can download almost anything, i find it difficult to spend my green in any DVD.
Then i read the reviews that this documentary had , based on the book. I thought the premise was really interesting. So i bought it, and i watched it. I didn't feel ripped off after, and i still watch it! (and in fact bought another set for my sister)
This is truly the best analytical documentary ever devised. It is such a piece of art, it stands on its own and has no other real similar.
I read other reviews and i concurr that sometimes it seems as if the analysis doesn't go deep enough. BUt that's the beauty of the narration. It never inserts its tilt or spin - it just tells you the facts and shows how things unfolded, only getting interviews to add color to the scene at hand but always letting the viewer come to its own conclusions.
I own this and Blue Planet. Once i buy Cosmos, i think i have all the DVD's i could ever need.
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Extremely well done!!!
This is an excellent historical overview of how The Chicago Boys were able to influence the developed world away from Keynesian philosophies.
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Astonishing!
I've never seen such a documentary on the battle of ideas over world economy in the post-war era.
I strongly recommend it, specially for college students and young voters around the globe.
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Globalization on the go
Absolutely AMAZING movie! must see even if you are not interested in economy, you might be surprise how interesting it might be. great weaving between history, general human factor, politic and economy of the 20th century.
I was very glad I had it. Now I understand the difference between socialism and open markets. The authors speaks to you on your language and made it easy and available to anyone.
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