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Economics
Filmography
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frames a second: The WTO in Seattle.
2000. 1 videocassette (75 min.). First-person account
of the events that unfolded during the week the
World Trade Organization came to Seattle in November
of 1999. It's told from the perspective of veteran
cameraman Rustin Thompson, who covered the November
1999 WTO conference as an independent journalist.
It is the story of how Thompson's objective point-of-view
evolved into a subjective account of what be came
an unscheduled, unruly outbreak of democracy. VHS 6663
Affluenza. 1997. 1 videocassette (56 min.). Documents the forces
that have transformed us from a nation that prizes
thriftiness into the ultimate consumer society.
Using personal stories, expert commentary and archival
film clips, documentary illustrates the causes and
consequences of consumerism in American society.
VHS 4927
Against
the odds. Local heroes, global change. 1989? 1 videocassette
(58 min.). "Examines the constraints of power
facing those who work to promote economic change
for developing nations. Opens windows on people
working to overcome local, national and international
barriers to change.
Reveals how some people are finding creative
ways to overcome hunger and poverty". VHS 867
The
Age of uncertainty: A personal view by John Kenneth
Galbraith. 1977. 12 videocassettes (60 min. each). John Kenneth
Galbraith takes viewers on a personal tour through
two hundred turbulent years of social thought and
political economics. The film is based on his book
of the same title. VHS
4191-4202
America's
war on poverty.
1995. 5 videocassettes (300 min.). This series examines
the extent of poverty in the United States and the
federal response to it during the Kennedy, Johnson
and Nixon administrations. VHS 3031- 3035
The
Americas in the 21st century.
1999. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.). Looks at the
economic future of the western hemisphere where
800 million people in 34 nations will either be
beneficiaries or victims of a huge free trade zone.
Lays out the key issues facing the Americas including:
economic integration, free trade, cultural nationalism,
and the wide disparity of income and wealth. VHS
6689
Hong
Kong. Asia today. 1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
One of the five programs in the series, Asia today,
which explores the rapid development taking place
across Asia. A general introduction of Hong Kong.
Now under Chinese rule, Hong Kong aims to remain
a magnet for international business and trade. VHS
5593
Japan. Asia today. 1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
One of the five programs in the series, Asia today,
which explores the rapid development taking place
across Asia. Film is a general introduction of Japan.
125 million people live in an area smaller than
California. Japan has gone from being a feudal,
agricultural backwater in a century and a half to
become a major military power to a totally defeated
and occupied state. Now Japan makes more cars than
Detroit, more watches than Switzerland, and builds
more ships than Europe and North American combined.
VHS 5591
Malaysia/Singapore. Asia today. 1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
One of the five programs in the series, Asia today,
which explores the rapid development taking place
across Asia. A general introduction of Malaysia
and Singapore. Home
of 18 million people, mostly Muslims, Malaysia is
still about 60% jungle. The oral history traditions
of its past are recalled in shadow puppet shows
which antedate its colonization by Portugal, Holland,
France, and Britain. Today Malaysia is an independent
country, an unusual constitutional monarchy, with
9 royal families from which a different reigning
sultan is selected every 5 years, and a democratic
parliament. Singapore is an area of contradictions,
an Asian melting pot that has pursued relentless
Western style development. The "Lion City"
has become an economic tiger, perhaps the busiest
port in the world and second only to Japan as the
richest country in Asia. VHS 5595
Thailand/Vietnam. Asia today. 1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
One of the five programs in the series, Asia today,which
explores the rapid development taking place across
Asia. A general introduction of Thailand and Vietnam.
Thailand is a country of 61 million people in an
area comparable to that of France. A diverse tropical
climate, with an average of 19 days of rain per
month and a major output of rice. It has been a
monarchy since 1238 but remains a constitutional
monarchy, with Buddhism defining Thai culture. The
history of Vietnam has been one long struggle for
autonomy until only the last few years with conflicts
with China, the French, the Americans, and again
with the Chinese. The country ranks only behind
Thailand and the US as the world's largest producer
of rice. VHS 5594
Asia
today. 1998. 5 videocassettes (250 min.). A series of five
programs which explores the rapid development taking
place across Asia. The series explores the changing
culture and emerging economies of five regions,
along with the problems that foreign investment,
industrialization, and international tourism are
bringing. Also shows how social change is taking
place throughout the region by contrasting traditional
and modern practices in small villages and large
cities. VHS 5591-5595
China. Asia today. 1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
One of the five programs in the series, Asia today,
which explores the rapid development taking place
across Asia. A general introduction of China: language;
religion; economic reforms and the recent return
of Hong Kong; the booming tourist trade and the
unprecedented rise in the standard of living; and
the struggle for birth control. VHS 5592
Banking
on disaster. 1989. 1 videocassette (78 min.). A three-part documentary
filmed over a ten year period exposes the detrimental
effects of deforestation interlinked with road-building
and colonization in Rôndonia, Brazil. Story told
through colonist, Renato Ferreira ; ecologist, José
Lutzenberger ; Seringuerio Union leader, Chico Mendes.
VHS 766
Banking
on life and debt.
1995. 1 videocassette (20 min.). Film argues that
millions of children are sacrificed for the sake
of financial stability as it traces the post-World
War II change which led to the current world economic
order. VHS
3546
Banking
on the poor. 199. 1 videocassette (14 min.). Discusses one method
of providing economic aid -- a bank in Bangladesh
where the major requirement is to be poor. VHS5877
Battle
of the Titans: Problems of the global economy.
1993. 1 videocassette (54 min.). This documentary
highlights the migration of jobs from developed
countries to developing nations like Egypt, Nigeria,
Indonesia where labor is plentiful and cheap. The
West has to face the dilemma of accepting massive
influx of poor immigrants in search of a better
life or move its industries to Third World countries
to provide employment to an ever growing population.
Trade barriers only exacerbate economic problems
in the Third World and may lead to the creation
of radical governments hostile to the West. VHS 6661
Behavioral
economics.
SQAB invited preeminent tutorials, from basics
to contemporary paradigms. 1998? 1 videocassette
(ca. 72 min.). Hursh argues that behavioral economics
helps to understand the environmental control of
the consumption of a wide variety of commodities.
"The concepts of behavioral economics have
proven useful for understanding the environmental
control of overall levels of behavior for a variety
of commodities, including reinforcement by food,
water, drugs and non-nutritive saccharin solution.
These general concepts are summarized for application
to the analysis of factors controlling overall consumption,
overall response expenditure, and choice among different
commodities. Major topics covered will be: the demand law,
unit price, normalized price, elasticity of demand,
the demand equation and how to use it, applications
for assessment of abuse liability, choice, definitions
of substitutes, complements, and independent commodities,
asymmetrical interactions, comparison to the "matching
law", implications for behavioral management
including treatment of drug abuse, assessment of
medications, and extensions for the formulation
of empirically based government policy. These concepts
provide a conceptual framework for understanding
key factors that can contribute to reductions in
consumption and changes in choice. They also provide
a basis for generalization from laboratory and clinical
research to the development of novel behavioral
therapies to reduce behaviors in excess and government
policies to limit the illegal consumption of controlled
substances." Abstract from SQAB webpage [http://www.jsu.edu/depart/psychology/sebac/abstracts-1998.].
VHS 5654
Betting
on the market.
1997. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Traces the history
of the involvement of Americans in the stock market
for the last fourteen years and examines its potential
consequences for the nation. Also looks at the influential
money mangers (Peter Lynch, Garrett Van Wagoner)
who helped draw the middle class into the market.
VHS 4561
The
black giant ; War and oil.
The Prize. 1992. 1 videocassette (120 min.).
The black giant: describes the oil boom in the 1920s
from Texas wildcatters to Calouste Gulbenkian in
Iraq. -- War and oil: discusses the importance of
oil resources on the military strategy and outcome
of World War II. VHS
1962
Borderline
cases: Environmental matters at the United States-Mexico
border. 1997. 1 videocassette (65 min.). Filmed in three border
regions (Matamoros and Brownsville; Tijuana and
San Diego; Ciudad Juarez and El Paso), documentary
describes problems caused by factories built in
Mexico at the US - Mexico border which did not need
to comply with US environmental regulations and
also presents proposals and projects to remedy the
border's deteriorating environmental conditions.
VHS 4320
Brazil. Emerging powers. 1996. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
Examines Brazil's changing economy. Brazil has the
largest economy in Latin America, but a long history
of inflation and corruption. Includes an interview
with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso describing
the steps his administration has taken to open up
and privatize Brazil's market. VHS 3654
Breaking
the bank. 1985. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Shows how the failure
of an obscure bank in Oklahoma City almost brought
down the entire U.S. monetary system. In 1984, there
were more bank failures in the US than at any time
since the Great Depression. Correspondent Judy Woodruff
investigates one of the largest banks that failed,
Penn Square in Oklahoma City, and another which
nearly failed, Continental Illinois in Chicago,
to examine the implications on the nation's banking
system. VHS 4959
British
economic policy, British House of Commons.
1992. 1 videocassette (115 min.). Norman Lamont,
British Chancellor of the Exchequer, testifies before
the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons and
answers questions about Britain's recent currency
devaluation and about the British relationship to
the European monetary system, which Britain joined
in 1990, if the Maastricht Treaty is ratified. VHS 2116
The
business of hunger.
1985. 1 videocassette (28 min.). Examines a major
cause of world hunger which is being created when
small, native farmers are forced off the land and
are replaced by multinational agribusinesses that
produce food for export rather than local consumption.
Shows scenes of recent food riots in Brazil and
the Dominican Republic, starving women and children,
and displaced farmers. Includes testimony by religious
missionaries in third world countries and comments
by representatives of human welfare organizations.
VHS 166
Capital
sins. Americas. 1993. 1 videocassette (60 min.) Series
of programs focusing on contemporary Latin America.
This segment begins with the rapid economic growth
of the late 1960s and early 1970s, spotlighting
the methods Brazil's rulers chose to develop the
country and how their choices affected the lives
of ordinary Brazilians. VHS 2122
Central
America: Costa Rica.
Our developing world. 1996. 1 videocassette
(20 min.). The topics of economic development, education,
and self-help are featured in this program.
We see: how the country uses coffee and banana
exports to propel itself forward as a developing
nation; how and why it chose educating its people
over building an army; and how it remains a peaceful
democratic anomaly in Latin America. VHS
4525
Chef!
= Chief. La Tête dans les nuages = Head in the clouds. The Library of African cinema. 1999. 1 videocassette
(96 min.). "In ... Chef!, Teno locates the
roots of Africa's authoritarian regimes in the patriarchal
family, reinforced by traditional kingship and the
colonial experience. Teno insists that this film
was not planned but imposed itself on him during
a visit to his ancestral village, Bandjoun, in the
Ghomala speaking region of Western Cameroon. He
had gone to film dances dedicating a monument to
King Kamga Joseph II, the filmmakers' great grand
uncle, but the ceremony soon turned into a celebration
of one-man rule, in particular Cameroonian President
Paul Biya's"--From the California Newsreel
Web site. "Teno investigates the ties between
unaccountable government and an unproductive economy
in La tête dans les nuages. Kleptocracy has become
an accepted fact of Cameroonian life described by
the proverb: "The goat grazes where it is tied."
The government controlled formal sector, like its
colonial predecessor, is essentially parasitical.
An informal sector has emerged parallel to it which
increasingly supplies the daily subsistence needs
of the people. Irene, for example, works at the
Ministry of Education for an unreliable and inadequate
salary; she earns the money she needs to eat from
selling beignets in the market. She also belongs
to a tontine or "credit union" which offers
its members a pool of capital to draw on for business
ventures. Such clubs, ubiquitous among African market
women, help fill the economic and social vacuum
left by the decay of traditional society and the
unresponsiveness of the formal banking sector"--From
the California Newsreel Web site. VHS 5943
China. Emerging powers. 1996. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
Examines China's transformation from communism to
capitalism, from poverty to prosperity. Includes
interviews with a former state worker who has created
a multimillion-dollar textile empire, the leader
of Beijing's Commodities Exchange, and Shanghai's
most successful Avon cosmetics saleswoman. VHS
3651
China,
unleashing the dragon.
1995. 4 videocassettes (203 min.). Documentary showing
the effects of the economic reforms on China's and
Hong Kong's economy and culture. VHS
5631-5634
Coat
of many countries.
1999. 1 videocassette (58 min.). The clothes we
wear today are made on a global assembly line --
a remarkable coming together of goods and services
from all over the world. Follows the evolution of
a suit in order to glimpse the practical application
of this new global economy. Explains why each of
the stops on the itinerary makes economic sense.
Shows how the manufacture of a single garment mirrors
the inter-relatedness of national economies and
often reflects foreign policy as well. VHS
5999
The
Colonel comes to Japan.
Enterprise series. 1981. 1 videocassette
(30 min.). Explains that when an American company
sets up shop abroad, special considerations must
come into play. This program was made 14 years after
the opening of the first Kentucky Fried Chicken
franchise in Japan. Three factors for success are
discussed by management: a powerful and sympathetic
Japanese partner, long range view, and scientific
adaptation of marketing to the Japanese consumer.
VHS 187
Community. 1996. 1 videocassette (24 min.). Film looks at positive
long term change that can come with women's participation
in community affairs. Women and men in the Satkhira
district of southwestern Bangladesh discuss their
progress in creating economic opportunity for all
while addressing the issue of women's rights. VHS 4906
The
crash. 1999. 1 videocassette (60 min.). "Explore the
dynamics of the global economy in an era of instability. Less than a year ago, Russia devalued its ruble
and defaulted on its debts.
Ten days later, the world's major markets
tumbled and
American investors saw the worth of their savings
and retirement funds plummet.
Fear spread that the global economy was indeed
unraveling and arguments arose over who were the
real culprits in the crisis" -- Container.
VHS 5871
The
Culture of commerce.
Challenge to America. 1994. 1 videocassette
(58 min.). Explores the systemic differences between
the individualistic capitalism and executive power
of America and Britain and the communitarian capitalism
of Japan and Germany. Compares the administration
of change in major corporations from three areas
of capitalism: Anglo-American, European Alliance;
and the Japanese; also looks at top management styles.
VHS 2483
Development
challenges.
Profiles in progress. 1991. 1 videocassette
(30 min.). This episode focuses on the World Bank's
1991 World development report, the flagship publication
of the international community's biggest multilaterial
institution. VHS
2300 pt. 7
The
Devil gave us oil.
Oil. 1986. 1 videocassette (58 min.). Looks
at the plight of heavily indebted Mexico, where
the expectation of a continued rise in oil prices
encouraged that government to borrow too heavily.
Follows the life of a typical local farmer
and his family who live near an oil refinery and
must cope with its pollution. VHS
1121
The
disillusionment of David Stockman.
1986. 1 videocassette (60 min.). An exclusive interview
with David Stockman, former Budget Director in the
Reagan Administration, during which he questions
some of the economic policies he helped to create.
He also discusses the clash between easy
campaign promises and the harsh realities of government.
VHS 271
Doing
business in Brazil.
Doing business in the Americas. 1997. 1 videocassette
(ca. 38 min.). Interviews with Americans and Brazilians
discuss the background and history of the country
and the proper etiquette for businessmen who wish
to do business in Brazil. VHS 4172
Doing
business in Mexico.
1994. 1 videocassette (34 min.). Provides information
on the business customs necessary to know before
doing business in Mexico. Profiles a history of
Mexico, past and present, proper etiquette, how
to communicate, negotiate, make contacts. Also includes
suggestions on patience and an understanding of
their sense of time and business relationships.
VHS 4174
The
Ernst & Young guide to the European single market. 1992. 2 videocassettes (45 min.). Examines the key business and regulatory
issues of European Community integration. KIT 39
The
European Union video library.
1998. 5 videocassettes (223 min.). The EU came into
being with the Maastricht Treaty on European Union
which took effect in November 1993.
The EU is now a three-pillar construction
made up of the original Community adapted to achieve
a full Economic and Monetary Union (first pillar),
flanked by new arrangements for a Common Foreign
and Security Policy (second pillar) and Justice
and Home Affairs Coordination (third pillar). VHS
6440
The
Evolving world economy.
Inside the global economy. 1994. 1 videocassette
(60 min.). Discusses trends towards increased international
economic integration and economic interdependence. Includes case studies and panel discussions.
Looks at the shift in comparative advantage from
manufacturing to service and knowledge-intensive
industries. Also
discusses the importance of human capital. VHS 2873
Exchange
rates, capital flight, and hyperinflation.
Inside the global economy. 1994. 1 videocassette
(60 min.). This program discusses the factors that
affect exhange rates.
The impact of international capital flows,
inflation and trade flows is examined. The concept
of capital flight is explored through the case study
of Mexico and the money Center Bank.
Another case study looks at the problems
of hyperinflation in Argentina. VHS
2869
Expanding
Europe = Europa crece = L'Europe s'élargit.
2000. 7 videocassettes (25 min. each). The fifth
wave of eager entrants into the European Union is
expected to include Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Slovenia, and Cyprus. Program one of this
seven-part series takes a broad look at the economic
hurdles facing these six candidates, while the rest
of the series examines the fiscal health of each
country within its cultural context as it prepares
for accession into the E.U. VHS 6630
Finance. 1996. 1 videocassette (37 min.). Financial experts
from around the world address the challenges of
global capital markets, technology, retail financial
services, derivatives, and especially how financial
and banking institutions will manage billions of
dollars in international trade carried out by electronic
transfer. VHS 4360
Fishing
in the sea of greed.
1998. 1 videocassette (45 min.). Film looks at the
problems faced by traditional Indian fishing communities
as the result of the industrial fishing practices
of gigantic factory ships and at the problems faced
by rice growers due to aqua-culture prawn farming
(promoted by such agencies as the World Bank) whose
run-off waste causes salination of ground water.
Documents efforts of the National Fish Workers Forum
and the World Forum of Fishworkers and Fish Harvesters
to get the Government of India to cancel fishing
licenses to foreign vessels and to implement existing
coastal protection laws against industrial pollution,
tourism and aqua-culture. VHS
5610
Fixed
vs. floating exchange rates.
Inside the global economy. 1994. 1 videocassette
(60 min.). This program looks at the strengths and
weaknesses of the fixed and floating exchange rates.
Looks at exchange rates as shock absorbers as well
as the costs of exchange rate fluctuations. Cases
explored: the impact of the U.S. dollar fluctuations
in the 1980's; Komatsu vs. Caterpillar; and floating
exchange rates and petrodollar recycling in the
late 1970s. VHS 2867
Flames
in the forest.
Indigenous peoples standing their ground.
1992. 1 videocassette (52 min.). Since the 1950s,
the Amazon Indians of eastern Ecuador have bitterly
resisted the invasion of international oil companies
which, with the encouragement of the Ecuadorian
government, seek to use the resource-rich region
for intensive oil production. VHS 3093
From
the orange to the chip: Israel's economic revolution.
Tkuma: the first fifty years. 1998. 1 videocassette
(52 min.). Part 5 of a historical documentary series
on the first fifty years of the State of Israel.
In its quest to boost per capita income, Israel
has progressed from exporting Jaffa oranges to developing
high-tech computer chips in just 50 years. This
program explores the economic revolution that has
occurred in this arid, resource-poor region. Today
technology rather than agriculture is the backbone
of Israel's economic vitality, as it continues its
drive to maintain its position in the world technology
market. VHS 5685
The
future of work. 1995. 1 videocassette (28 min.). The information revolution
has made certain skills obsolete and left workers
angry, frustrated and feeling powerless. Economist
Jeremy Rifkin discusses this displacement of workers
by the information revolution and what alternative
approaches societies might take to deal with changes
in the workplace. Rifkin, foreseeing a future in
which 80% of the workforce will be marginalized
and replaced by robots and computers, suggests that
the political leadership consider such innovations
as a 30-hour work week and the introduction of paid
volunteer work in the non profit sector which would
be financed by a "value-added tax" on
high tech goods and services. Businessman Stanley
Hartt provides an alternative viewpoint. VHS
5883
A
Garden of Eden in decay.
The Africans : a triple heritage. 1986. 1
videocassette (58 min.). Identifies the problems
of a continent that produces what it does not consume
and consumes what it does not produce. Shows Africa's
struggle between economic dependence and decay.
VHS 1270
The
Global assembly line.
1986. 1 videocassette (32 min.). Portrays the lives
of working men and women in the "free trade
zones" of developing countries and North America,
as U.S. industries close their factories to search
the globe for lower-wage work forces. From Tennessee
to Mexico's northern border, and from Silicon Valley
to the Philippines, this film "emerges as the
definitive statement on the international division
of labor and the growing importance of women in
the industrial workforce." VHS 1059
Global
capitalism and the moral imperative.
1998. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Looks at the issue
of whether capitalism on a global scale is producing
consequences similar to those of the 19th century
which saw huge gaps between the rich and poor. Looks
at who in the world community will care for the
needs of the poor and how it will be accomplished.
Asks who, if economic and political reforms are
necessary, will initiate them and how will they
be enforced? Discusses the Catholic Church's viewpoint
on the human impact of the global free market economy.
VHS 5355
Global
concerns. International law video course. 1995. 1 videocassette
(ca. 30 min.). Each program includes an introduction
to the subject and its historical perspective, presentations
of scholars and experts in international law from
the academic community, the United Nations, the
American Society of International Law and other
international organizations plus historical and
contemporary film footage and still photographs.
This segment, global concerns, deals with 3 related
areas of international law: international environmental
law, Law of the Sea and the law of international
development. VHS
4498
The
global connection.
Local heroes, global change. 1990. 1 videocassette
(58 min.). Focuses on the creativity, heroism, and
the "spark of change" in Third World countries. Shows how social and economic problems in the
Third World affect the entire global community.
VHS 869
Global
firms in the industrializing East.
Human geography, people places and change.
1996. 1 videocassette (27 min.). Examines how Singapore
has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse
along the Pacific Rim. Analyses in particular the
banking, electronic, telecommunication and semiconductor
industries in Singapore. VHS 3603
The
Global gamble. Oil. 1986. 1 videocassette (58 min.). This film
looks at the future of oil, with exploration taking
place in far-flung areas of the world from the Arctic
to the African desert. Despite oil's critical role
in the national and international economy, no solution
has been found to the problems created by fluctuating
prices. The series concludes with a close look at
the effects of high oil prices on Los Angeles and
Kenya. VHS 1124
Global
imbalances: Alternate perspectives on the international
economy. 1989. 2 videocassettes (123 min.). Jeffrey Sachs traces
the history of external debt in developing countries,
using early examples such as Korea and focusing
on the Latin American debt and the U.S. policy changes
to ensure solvency for American banks. Thomas Dernberg
contrasts debtor and creditor nations, especially
in the ability to create capital. Don Harris asks
several questions, particularly why current policy
does not try to forestall the recession that usually
follows a global debt crisis. VHS 2318
Global
retail markets: Power and potential--Central Europe. 1999. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.). Discusses the economics of Hungary,
Czech Republic and Poland.
The video shows how they are envolving from
centrally planned to market to market driven economics
focusing on food retailing. VHS 6625
Global
village. 1985. 1 videocassette (55 min.). Provides an in-depth
look at India's attempt to use satellite technology
to leapfrog into the era of space-age communication.
Documents the development and use of India's satellite
used for television
broadcasting into the remote villages of India.
Reviews the impact of both educational and entertainment
TV on rural communities. VHS 5694
Global
village or global pillage?
1999. 1 videocassette (26 min.). Examines global
industrialization and how people around the world
are challenging it. Features Ralph Nadar, Charles
Kernaghan, Thea Lee, Loretta Ross, Dennis Brutus.
VHS 6644
Globalization,
culture and civilization.
2000. 1 videocassette (101 min.). A forum at the
Aspen Institute where participants talked about
economic progress in a global economy and potential
effects on various cultures.
Among the issues addressed were using the
global economy to empower women and the poor, potential
changes in the workplace, and possible ways to constructively
control economic growth.
Participants included academicians and Queen
Noor of Jordan. After the remarks the panelists
answered questions from the audience. VHS
6446
Globalization
& the human condition.
2000. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.). Former President
Jimmy Carter talks about global poverty and its
consequences for democracy. American aid to foreign
countries is at an all time low and is far lower
than European countries. He urged the audience to
be more generous in helping developing countries.
He also discussed the numerous wars that have developed
among small countries in recent years. VHS 6447
God
bless Standard Oil.
Oil. 1986. 1 videocassette (58 min.). Opens
with the story of Col. Edwin Drake, who drilled
the first oil well in 1859, and of John D. Rockefeller,
the father of the modern oil industry, who typified
the early prospectors, known as wildcatters, who
discovered the "black gold." VHS 1117
Goodwood. Nature of things. 1999. 1 videocassette (45
min.). Examines whether we can halt deforestation
while still sustaining communities that depend on
the forest for their livelihood. Film looks at four
forestry-based places where communities are discovering
- sometimes with help from surprising places - that
it can be done. VHS 6129
Greenbucks:
The challenge of sustainable development.
1992. 1 videocassette (55 min.). Looks at the first
steps major corporations on five continents are
taking to change their ways. Chief executives from
some of the world's largest companies discuss their
changing attitudes and their attempts to contribute
to environmental solutions, from developing new,
cleaner technologies and recyclable cars to producing
"green cotton" and investing in alternative
energy. The film also looks at how a California
energy utility and environmentalists developed a
plan to make energy efficiency profitable. VHS
3001
Half
the sky: Women of the Jiang family.
A woman's place. 1996. 1 videocassette (50
min.). Mao Zedong said that "women are 'half
the sky' and they are absolutely the equal of men."
Four generations of women members of the Jiang family
discuss the progress made by women in China, both
socially and economically, in recent times. VHS 4922
Hong
Kong & the boom towns.
China, unleashing the dragon. 1994. 1 videocassette
(50 min.). The fourth film in a four part documentary
chronicling the transformation currently sweeping
over China, from its initiation by Deng Xiaoping,
to the economic, social and cultural realities of
today's China. This last episode examines what may
lie ahead for China and Hong Kong when China begins
to govern the island in 1997. Businessmen and other
citizens reflect on how the coming events will affect
the cultural and economic conditions of Hong Kong.
VHS 5634
Hopes
on the horizon.
2001. 1 videocassette (115 min). Chronicles the
rise of pro-democracy movements in six African countries
during the 1990s: Benin: a peaceful transition from
dictatorship to democracy -- Nigeria: a human rights
movement challenges the military -- Rwanda: Historians
build a platform for dialogue -- Morocco: Women's
rights activists reform the traditional religious
family code -- Mozambique: Agricultural cooperatives
advocate economic reform and land rights -- South
Africa: A township unites to promote quality education.
VHS 6831
Hostages
to oil. The Birth of Europe. 1991. 1 videocassette (55
min.). This program gives an overall picture of
the power problems in contemporary Europe and the
reliance Europe has an imported oil. There has been a growing quest for energy independence
and to finding energy alternatives to oil. Looks
at how politics governs the price and flow of oil
and what nations will do to assure their oil supply.
VHS 2064
Hot
money. 1994. 1 videocassette (57 min.). Investigates the movement
of most of the world's money to huge off-shore banking
centers, many located in the Caribbean. Examines
how the secrecy and lax regulations of these centers
play a critical role in facilitating international
financial crimes such as money laundering, insurance
fraud and tax evasion. VHS 3341
The
IMF at work. 1986. 1 videocassette (24 min.). Explains the organization,
history, purposes and operations of the International
Monetary Fund. VHS
324
In
the name of progress.
Race to save the planet. 1990. 1 videocassette
(57 min.). Asks whether economic development and
environmental protection are in conflict.
Includes case studies of development projects
that resulted in environmental disasters. VHS
1001
India. Emerging powers. 1996. 1 videocassette (50 min.).
Examines India's transformation from socialism to
capitalism, from poverty to prosperity. Looks at
India's liberalization program, large industrial
base, nuclear energy program, and market reforms.
VHS 3652
Inside
the global economy.
1994. 13 videocassettes (ca. 780 min.). Discusses
the trend towards increased international economic
integration and economic interdependence.
Includes case studies from around the world
and panel discussions by economic experts. VHS
2861- 2873
Insights
on income. 1996. 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.). On the surface
it appears that the income gap between the richest
and poorest groups in the United States is widening,
but some statistics such as spending and fringe
benefits modify this perception.
All participants agree that the poorest third
of the population has experienced a decline in income
in the past twenty-five years and they propose ways
to deal with this, especially
job training, education, and the earned income
tax credit. VHS 3934
International
economic law.
International law video course. 1995. 1 videocassette
(ca. 30 min.). Each program includes an introduction
to the subject and its historical perspective, presentations
of scholars and experts in international law from
the academic community, the United Nations, the
American Society of International Law and other
international organizations plus historical and
contemporary film footage and still photographs.
This segement, international economic law, looks
at the scope of laws designed to regulate the global
economy including: international monetary law, international
commercial law, international trade law, foreign
direct investment and regional arrangements. VHS 4500
Introduction
to banking.
Money in America: the business of banking; pt.
1. 1989. 1 videocassette (20 min.). Gives young
people an introduction of banking. Covers the historyand
purpose of the bank and the three basic services
of banking. VHS 1102
The
Invisible wall. 1993. 1 videocassette (ca. 54 min.). Presents issues
of the power in food politics, roles of multi-national
corporations, Third World debt, and trade barriers
in fueling poverty and environmental destruction
in the world's poorest countries. It argues that,
in the post-Cold War era, global rich-poor inequalities
will occur on a grander scale than ever before.
VHS 4082
Is
America # one? ABC News Special. 1999. 1 videocassette (35 min.).
Looks at what makes the United States successful
and its citizens prosperous as compared to other
countries and peoples in the world. Stossel compares
the United States to several countries, including
India and Hong Kong, and asserts that freedom and
laissez-faire economic policy are at the heart of
America's successes. "Intuition would suggest
that countries with the most government planning,
places where you're taken care of, would be the
best places to live. But in fact the opposite is
true, countries with the most planning are the most
poor. Several organizations rank countries by economic
freedom. At one end are places with lots of government
planning. Invariably, these are the worst places
to live. At
the other end on the list -- Hong Kong, New Zealand,
Switzerland and the United States. The best places
to live are places with the fewest rules. Freedom
isn't everything. Climate matters. Religion, geography,
even luck can make a difference. But nothing matters
as much as ... Liberty." [Quoted segment from
John Stossel's closing remarks taken from ABC website].
VHS 6369
It's
a jungle out there!
International management and global trade.
2001. 1 videocassette (30 min.). Captures the efforts
of eight American and European managers to master
the intricate dynamics of working together as a
multicultural management team in a foreign environment.
The members fight an increasingly frustrating battle
to integrate their different backgrounds and proficiencies
while struggling to make recommendations about which
projects the youth charity should undertake. VHS
6825
Japanese
trade. American interests. 1990. 1 videocassette (29
min.). News reports and panel discussions explore
the challenge presented by Japanese trade, Japanese
investment in the United States, and Japanese economic
culture. Is
the Japanese culture unique or have the Japanese
adopted American values?
Has Japan targeted high-knowledge industries
in order to dominate the world economically the
21st century? Does Japan practice adversarial trade?
Does the United States need an industrial policy?
VHS 897
Jungleburger. 1986. 1 videocassette (52 min.). Film examines the
impact - social, cultural and environmental - of
the fast food industry on Third World countries.
Focuses on the operations of a meat processing plant
in Costa Rica that exports meat for the use of the
fast food industry in the United States and how
this industry has contributed to the depletion of
the rain forests and the drop in meat consumption
in Costa Rica. VHS 4695
Kaise
jeebo re! 1996? 1 videocassette (80 min.). Looks at the human
cost of large dams which - in the name of development
or national interest -
often disrupt lives, submerge villages, destroy
and/or erode ancient and contemporary cultures and
eco-systems. Filmed in locations in Central India
that were once thriving economic and cultural centers
but that now lie submerged under the reservoir waters
of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river.
Kaise Jeebo Re records the victims' account of this
man-made disaster. VHS 5598
Ken
Saro-Wiwa: Aan African martyr.
1996. 1 videocassette (23 min.). "Ken Saro-Wiwa,
the celebrated Ogoni writer and political activist,
was hanged in November 1995 by the Nigerian military
dictatorship. Saro-Wiwa had been campaigning for
the rights of Nigeria's Ogoni people, who have suffered
from decades of resource exploitation by foreign
oil companies and oppression by the Nigerian military
government. This program tells Saro-Wiwa's story
through his own words and those of his wife and
features the only in-depth interview he gave before
his death."--Container. VHS 4022
Labor
and capital mobility.
Inside the global economy. 1994. 1 videocassette
(60 min.). This program looks at the international
mobility of capital, labor and technology, including
the relationship between trade in goods and services,
the mobility factors of production and the pressures
that drive and inhibit labor migration. Examples include the Netherland's policy toward
guest workers and Mexican immigration to the U.S.
and the Maquiladora program. VHS
2865
Land
of plenty, land of want.
Journey to planet earth. 1999. 1 videocassette
(57 min.). A fundamental dilemma faces farmers throughout
the world: how do they feed Earth's growing population
without endangering the environment.
In Zimbabwe, affected by climate change and
the vestiges of colonial rule, small scale farmers
on marginal lands struggle to survive a drought.
In central France remote mountain villages suffer
the loss of farmers fleeing to places like Brittany
where intensive agriculture has polluted the water
and affected the local fisheries. In China an industrial
boom is rapidly displacing agricultural land, forcing
framers to work the soil more intensively, threatening
environmental damage. In Iowa, farmers use high
technology to dramatically increased yields, while
in Pennsylvania, no-till farming preserves some
of the richest topsoil in the world. VHS 6183
The
Legacy of Malthus.
Developing stories. 1994. 1 videocassette
(52 min.). Discusses Malthus's theories of population
and the causes of poverty. It contrasts the 19th-century
poor in Scotland with today's poor in India. VHS
3682
Lenin
and the great ungluing.
The Age of uncertainty. 1977. 1 videocassette
(60 min.). Focuses on the breakup of the old political
order during World War I, which introduced, what
Galbraith terms, an age of uncertainty and the first
experience of a socialist alternative in Soviet
Russia under Lenin. VHS
4195
Living
below the line.
1984. 1 videocassette (60 min.). It could never
happen to you. With over 15% of the American population
trying to survive with some form of government assistance,
film looks at the daily life on welfare of Farrell
Stallings, a 60-year-old black man in Chester, Pennsylvania.
After 28 years at the same job, he was laid off
-- a victim of the recession. Now he's broke, afraid,
and at the mercy of the welfare system. VHS 5121
Local
heroes, global change.
1990. 4 videocassettes (ca. 60 min. each). Shows
efforts made toward economic change for developing
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