Economics Movies

Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed out of all recognition. The scale of its growth and the sheer speed of change has been...

Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of...

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone...

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

As the US debt spirals out of control, it polarizes society and threatens to disrupt traditional retirement with an impending freight train of...

An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.

This documentary focuses on boom-and-bust economic cycles, most notably that of Alberta oil during the '70s and early '80s. When the bust hit after a...

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 the gap between the rich and the poor growing faster in New Zealand than in most other OECD countries? And why is inequality bad for all of...

Based on Thomas Ferguson's book Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems this film...

Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America tells Madoff's story superbly, although it was put together before Madoff was sentenced to 150 years...

Al Levin examines the system which functions to keep the working class in the United States oppressed.

An examination of the causes of the global economic crisis which began in 2008, studying how decades of social changes have influenced financial...

This feature documentary is an inquiry into Canada's economic troubles of the 1970 and '80s. The film summarizes the facts at hand, including some...

Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these...

An eye-opening look at budgetary disclosure practices of local US government agencies. Typically referred to as the 'budget' or 'budget report', a...

A devoted group of entrepreneurs and activists believe they see the writing on the wall, and they're determined to add a new chapter.

Spanning over 2,000 years, this study looks at the complex relationship between Jewish and Catholic thought from a social and historical perspective....

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

Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has oscillated between dictatorship and democracy for...