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Capitalism hits the fan [videorecording] : a lecture on the economic meltdown / Media Education Foundation ; written and presented by Richard Wolff ; produced & directed by Sut Jhally.

Wolff, Richard D. (Added Author). Jhally, Sut. (Added Author). Media Education Foundation. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the sources of the economic crisis to the 1970's, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown"--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 1932869301
ISBN: 9781932869309
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Northampton, Mass. : Media Education Foundation, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Special features include: Abridged version (36 min.) and trailers for the documentaries In debt we trust, The overspent American, and Consuming kids.
Formatted Contents Note:	Three things the economic crisis is not -- How we got here : American exceptionalism -- History interrupted : the trauma of flat wages -- Coping with trauma : the people's response -- The meaning of the "trauma" for business -- Bust and no boom in sight -- What won't work : re-regulation -- So what might work? -- Beyond free markets and regulation.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, Jason Young.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lecturer, Richard Wolff.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	"Filmed at Smith College, Northampton, MA, November 19th, 2008."
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Includes public performance rights.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles.