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The Business and Economics Collection

From advertising and marketing to speculation and debt, The Business and Economics collection covers the field. Including stand-outs like the The Flaw about the 2008 financial crisis and Allan Sekula and Noel Burch'€™s film essay on globalization, The Forgotten Space, this collection provides essential insights into the world of production, distribution and consumption.

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The Business and Economics Collection includes the following titles:

Welcome to Nano City - imageWelcome to Nano City

See how the invisible nano revolution is already at work in our lives--from photocatalytic window coatings that clean themselves to manmade fiber stronger, yet lighter, than steel.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 45 minutes | 9-12, College, Adults
What If Marx Was Right? - imageWhat If Marx Was Right?

Have we gotten Marx wrong by focusing on the Communist Manifesto instead of on his critique of how capitalism works - a critique that is relevant and as penetrating as ever? (Episode 4 of the Capitalism series)

Icarus Films | 2014 | 53 minutes
What the Fuck Are These Red Squares? - imageWhat the Fuck Are These Red Squares?

Striking students meet at a "Revolutionary Seminar" at the Art Institute of Chicago in response to the invasion of Cambodia and the killing of protesting students at Kent and Jackson State Universities.

Kartemquin Films | 1970 | 15 minutes
What's Happening at Local 70? - imageWhat's Happening at Local 70?

Striking workers talk about working conditions that led to a walkout in July, 1975.

Kartemquin Films | 1975 | 20 minutes
What's the Economy for, Anyway? - imageWhat's the Economy for, Anyway?

Ecological economist Dave Batker questions whether GDP is an adequate measure of society's well-being and suggests workable alternatives.

Bullfrog Films | 2010 | 40 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Where's I. W. Abel? - imageWhere's I. W. Abel?

The opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies.

Kartemquin Films | 1975 | 45 minutes
Without Shepherds - imageWithout Shepherds

Six bold Pakistanis from very different walks of life attempt to build a new future while struggling with their country's current crisis

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 56 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Working Women of the World - imageWorking Women of the World

Focusing on Levi Strauss and Co., examines the relocation of factories from Western countries to nations like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Turkey, where low wages are the rule and employee rights are nonexistent.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 53 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Wrenched - imageWrenched

Captures the generations of eco-activists, from the 1960s to the present day, inspired by Edward Abbey's passionate defense of wilderness in The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 93 minutes | 10 - 12, College Adults
Xmas Without China - imageXmas Without China

Explores the intersection of consumerism and immigration in American culture.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 63 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults

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