Capitalism hits the fan : a lecture on the economic meltdown /

"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 be...

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Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Wolff, Richard D., Jhally, Sut
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English subtitles.
Published: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2009]
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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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Special features include: Abridged version (36 min.) and trailers for the documentaries In debt we trust, The overspent American, and Consuming kids.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Written by Richard Wolff ; edited by Jason Young.
ISBN:1932869301
9781932869309