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| Capitalism (1948) |
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Another winner from Coronet Instructional
Films! In this one, a group of teenagers on a
high-school radio program discuss just what
capitalism is, seizing onto the example of
the butcher who supplies the weenies for
their picnic. A bona fide capitalism love-in!
Weenie references fly fast and furious here.
Capitalism is one of many "free-enterprise
education" films released in the first few
years of the Cold War. Unlike many films
produced under corporate sponsorship, it
avoids taking jabs at socialism, Russia or
New Deal government programs. Nonetheless, it
uses the common Coronet device of showing a
group collectively engaged in coming to terms
with an idea -- a process with predetermined
conclusions. In this respect, I imagine that
it's not so different from Soviet educational
films.
Tags : capitalism economics cold war propaganda anti-communism weenie roast 1950s coronet educational |
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Affichage : 9680
Durée : 563 s |
| Naomi Klein: Disaster Capitalism |
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Nation columnist Naomi Klein explores a key
argument from her new book, The Shock
Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism:
After 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a
new economy, driven by the notion of an
endless war against an undefined notion of
evil. Read more in her 2005 Nation column
"The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."
Tags : Naomi Klein Shock Doctrine Disaster Capitalism |
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Affichage : 66529
Durée : 515 s |
| Is Capitalism Always Good for Democracy? - Robert Reich |
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Complete video at:
http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1587
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
argues that certain aspects of capitalism are
often at odds with the best interests of
democracy.
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Robert Reich discusses "Supercapitalism: The
Transformation of Business, Democracy, and
Everyday Life."
In his newest book, "Supercapitalism," Reich
explores the clash between capitalism and
democracy. Our economy has become more
efficient than ever, with turbocharged,
web-based global capitalism morphing into
supercapitalism. While supercapitalism is
working well to enlarge the economic pie,
democracy - charged with caring for all its
citizens - is becoming less and less
effective under its influence. He makes clear
how the tools traditionally used to temper
America's societal problems have withered as
supercapitalism has burgeoned, and sets out a
clear course that can lead the nation to a
vibrant capitalism and a concurrent, equally
vibrant democracy - Cody's@FCCB
Robert B. Reich is Professor of Public Policy
at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the
University of California at Berkeley. He has
served in three national administrations,
most recently as secretary of labor under
President Bill Clinton. He has written eleven
books, including The Work of Nations, which
has been translated into 22 languages; the
best-sellers The Future of Success and Locked
in the Cabinet, and his most recent book,
Supercapitalism. His articles have appeared
in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, New York
Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street
Journal. Mr. Reich is co-founding editor of
The American Prospect magazine. His weekly
commentaries on public radio's "Marketplace"
are heard by nearly five million people.
As the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor,
Reich implemented the Family and Medical
Leave Act, led a national fight against
sweatshops in the U.S. and illegal child
labor around the world, headed the
administration's successful effort to raise
the minimum wage, secured worker's pensions,
and launched job-training programs, one-stop
career centers, and school-to-work
initiatives. Under his leadership, the
Department of Labor won more than 30 awards
for innovation. A 1996 poll of cabinet
experts conducted by the Hearst newspapers
rated him the most effective cabinet
secretary during the Clinton administration.
Reich has been a member of the faculties of
Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of
Government and of Brandeis University. He
received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, his
M.A. from Oxford University, where he was a
Rhodes Scholar, and his J.D. from Yale Law
School.
Tags : citizenship lobbyists lobbying politicians politics corporate corporations influence laws special interests public money |
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Affichage : 5040
Durée : 258 s |
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