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Capitalism (2014–2014)
TV Series | 52 min | Documentary, History

Capitalism (2014–2014)

TV Series | 52 min | Documentary, History

In the early days of the system, that came to be known as Capitalism, political economists of all stripes struggled to understand the laws that govern the flow of capital - and of Capitalism's related activities. As a result, a critical ...See moreIn the early days of the system, that came to be known as Capitalism, political economists of all stripes struggled to understand the laws that govern the flow of capital - and of Capitalism's related activities. As a result, a critical assessment and sketchy understanding of how Capitalism worked began to emerge. But in recent times, as the system, and the world, has grown a hundredfold more complex we have veered away from the pursuit of any clear, critical understanding of the phenomenon. Economic departments in most major universities in the English-speaking world have abolished courses in the history of Economic and political economy. We are left with incomprehensible mathematical models whose relevance to the real world is hotly disputed. We were told very little about Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus yet their names have been used to give legitimacy to contemporary economic activities. To further obscure the issues, this « econo speak » has been supplemented by endless superficial news reports, pundits discussions and analysis filled with clichés and superficial information. Our series intends to puncture this veil of opacity to go beyond the current « econo- speak » to re examine the ideas which have been used in the past 40 to reshape the world. Is today's economic crisis a temporary blimp on the road to progress or a symptom of a deeper crisis of the system as a whole? Can the big ideas of the at the heart of our Economic system help us understand today's economic crisis, or obscure it? And more importantly - can they show us a way out? Written by Ilan Ziv See less

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21 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Robert Boyer Self Self See fewer	6	Le monde en face (2009)
Thomas Piketty Self Self See fewer	4	Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
Michael Hudson Self Self See fewer	4	Capitalism (2014)
David Graeber Self Self See fewer	3	The Great NHS Heist (2019)
Kari Polanyi Levitt Self Self See fewer	3	Capitalism (2014)
Robert Skidelsky Self Self See fewer	3	The Book Programme (1973)
Yuval Noah Harari Self Self See fewer	2	CondenadX
Yanis Varoufakis Self Self See fewer	2	Adults in the Room (2019)
Ha-Joon Chang Self Self See fewer	2	The Micro Debt (2011)
David Harvey Self Self See fewer	2	Debtocracy (2011)
Philippe Norel Self Self See fewer	2	Capitalism (2014)
Nicholas Phillipson Self Self See fewer	2	The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg (2016)
Ho Fung Hung Self Self See fewer	2	New Books in East Asian Studies (2011)
Abraham Rotstein Self Self See fewer	2	Canada for Canadians (1988)
Noam Chomsky Self Self See fewer	1	Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Lewis Gordon Self Self See fewer	1	A Parliament of Minds: Philosophy for a New Millennium (2000)
Carol Heim Self Self See fewer	1	Capitalism (2014)
Alan Ebenstein Self Self See fewer	1	Capitalism (2014)
Stuart Ewen Self Self See fewer	1	Capitalism (2014)
James-Kenneth Galbraith Self Self See fewer	1	Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2006)
Mary Gabriel Self Self See fewer	1	Love and Capital