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141) Insurance Man
Publisher
Rushlake Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In 2009, Mehmet Göker's company MEG AG was Germany's second-largest health insurance brokerage. His aim was to become the world's most important finance broker. But things did not work out that way. INSURANCE MAN tells the story of Memet Göker, the absolute ruler of an insurance empire that he ran like a cult. A profound look at the modern financial and working world.
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 2008 the world experienced one of the greatest financial turmoils in modern history. Markets around the world started crashing, stock prices plummeted, and major financial institutions, once thought to be invincible, started showing signs of collapse.
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Economics has become the principal way we define ourselves in the modern era. We are all taught to think like an economist, with total faith in the power of the individual, the purity of the free market, and our boundless future. The problem is that economics is a fairy tale-one that perpetuates vast inequality and environmental devastation. The Progress Illusion charts the rise of the economic worldview and its infiltration into our daily lives...
146) Jump-starting America: how breakthrough science can revive economic growth and the American dream
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again. - publisher's website.
147) From the Kill Pen
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Documenting the underground horse slaughter industry, from its inhumane practices to its unregulated meat products. This is a potentially toxic, financially driven network operating through Big Ag and at the expense of taxpayer dollars.
148) Chasing Madoff
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his ten year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal. Throughout the decade long investigation, Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators consisting of bankers, lieutenants, and henchmen, all linked to the devastating Ponzi scheme. With danger apparent, Markopolos and his loyal team relentlessly continued to pursue the frightening truth. Finding himself...
149) To the Moon
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen college students bicycle from California to Massachusetts in order to spread awareness about cooperatives, a business model they believe to be a solution to the volatile global economy. They confront frustrating realities while discovering their place in the world, and the results are at once chaotic, enlightening, and unforgettable.
150) Pursued economy: understanding and overcoming the challenging new realities for advanced economies
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Human progress is said to have started when civilizations sprang up in China, Egypt, and Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago. The Renaissance, which began in Europe in the 13th century, accelerated the search for both a deeper understanding of the physical world and better forms of government. But for centuries, that progress benefited only the fortunate few with enough to eat and the leisure to ponder worldly affairs. Life for the masses was little...
151) Becoming American
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, despite being less educated, earning less and having the stress of adapting to a new country and a new language. In research circles, this is the Latino paradox. But as they are here longer, their health advantage erodes. After five years or more in the U.S., they are 1.5 times more...
153) 15 M
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
A documentary on the current Spanish fiscal crisis and the 15M movement, which influenced popular protests around the world, including the USA's own Occupy Wall Street. On May 15th, 2011, tens of thousands of citizens occupied streets and squares in Spain for what was going to be the beginning of the biggest social change in Spanish society. 15M offers a complex portrait of a movement whose affects can be seen throughout the world.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are "The Machines That Built America." This new HISTORY Channel docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others, "The Machines That Built America" brings to life some of...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"An attack on the tragic waste, futility, and hubris of the West's efforts to date to improve the lot of the so-called developing world, with constructive suggestions on how to move forward. Economist Easterly discusses the twin tragedies of global poverty: the first, that so many are seemingly fated to live miserable lives and die early deaths; the second, that after fifty years and more than $2.3 trillion in aid, we have shockingly little to show...
157) Future of Work
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This three-part series explores monumental changes in the workplace and the long-term impact on workers, employers, educators and communities. Employment is part of the American Dream. Will the future provide opportunities for jobs that sustain families and the nation?
158) Gringo Trails
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A feature-length documentary that raises urgent questions about one of the most powerful globalizing forces of our time: tourism. Spanning South America, Africa and Asia, the tourist pathway known as the GRINGO TRAIL has facilitated both life-altering adventures and the despoiling of many once virgin environments. The film follows stories along the trail to reveal the complex relationships between colliding cultures: host countries hungry for financial...
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