31 Economic Crisis Documentaries You Shouldn"t Miss
If you want a better understanding of the economic crisis, these documentaries provide valuable insights about how America and Americans have gotten so deeply into debt, and how that affects the global economy. The films suggest there are ways you and the nation can improve the situation by changing spending patterns and habits.
Commissioned by Steps International, an international nonprofit, this excellent series of eight one-hour documentaries tells personal stories that focus public awareness on the causes and possible solutions for world wide poverty, including circumstances of intolerable economic inequality and problems inherent to the current system of economic aid and trade.More »
•Chasing Madoff
An insightful view about the cause of America's economic woes is revealed as investigator Harry Makopolos' repeated efforts to expose Bernie Madoff's enormous Ponzi scheme go unheeded for decades by authorities, giving Madoff time to operate without censure.More »
•Unraveled
Not as famous as the Bernie Madoff fraud case, but certainly involving huge sums of capital and causing tremedous economic upheaval, the case of Marc Drier is followed by filmmaker Marc Simon, who filed Drier as he was under house arrest, awaiting the judgement that could sentence him to jail for the rest of his life. A fascinating profile of Drier, and a serious consideration about appropriate punishemnt for a serious economic crime.More »
•Why Poverty? - Documentary Series
Commissioned by Steps International, an international nonprofit, this excellent series of eight one-hour documentaries tells personal stories that focus public awareness on the causes and possible solutions for world wide poverty, including circumstances of intolerable economic inequality and problems inherent to the current system of economic aid and trade.More »
