Commanding heights : the battle for the world economy.

Explores our changing economic world: the clash between governments and the marketplace, the debate over the impact of globalization, and the forces shaping our future economy. Episode one considers the idea of government control in 20th century world economies, focusing on the economic theories pre...

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Corporate Authors: InVision Productions, Heights Productions, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Lion Television Ltd, WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Cran, William, Barker, Greg, Stiers, David Ogden, Yergin, Daniel, Stanislaw, Joseph
Language:English
Published: Boston: WGBH Boston Video, 2003.
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300 |a 3 videodiscs (351 min.):   |b sd., col.;   |c 4 3/4 in. 
500 |a Based on the book by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw 
500 |a Originally released in 2002 
500 |a Special features: Daniel Yergin on creating a television series from his book ; Q&A with Daniel Yergin and producers, William Cran and Greg Barker ; access to the Commanding heights website ; an excerpt to the companion book to the series ; a complete list of interview subjectsincluded in the series 
505 0 |a 1. The battle of ideas -- 2. The agony of reform --3. The new rules of the game 
511 0 |a Narrator, David Ogden Stiers 
520 |a Explores our changing economic world: the clash between governments and the marketplace, the debate over the impact of globalization, and the forces shaping our future economy. Episode one considers the idea of government control in 20th century world economies, focusing on the economic theories presented by John Maynard Keynes and Freidrich Von Hayek. Episode two considers the failure of government-controlled economies in the 1980s. The focus is on how reform played out in Russia, the eastern bloc, Latin America, India, and other countries during this tumultuous time. Episode three tracks the global economy through the 1990s to the present. The focus is on the impact of free trade, global contagion, and the policies of the Clinton and Bush administrations 
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650 0 |a Deregulation  
650 0 |a Markets  
650 0 |a Globalization  
650 0 |a International economic relations --   |x History --   |y 20th century  
650 0 |a Capitalism --   |x History --   |y 20th century  
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