Beyond Economics

This page will provide choices of video documentaries for each of the essay assignments.

ESSAY 02: The Financial Crisis – Causes, Rescue, and Regulation

• CNBC: House of Cards (general, covers 2000-2009)
• FRONTLINE: Inside the Meltdown (technical, focuses on 2008)
• FRONTLINE: Video Timeline of Financial Deregulation
  (This is an advanced series of many clips covering several decades.)

ESSAY 01: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future

VIDEO 1 (13 minutes)

• INTERVIEW: Author of The End of Growth on the Keiser Report (3/2011)

VIDEO 2 (52 minutes)

• BLOOMBERG: Risk Takers: Elon Musk (PayPal, Tesla, SolarCity, Space X)

The essays below are from last semester and may change.

ESSAY 05: Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure

• NOVA: The Big Energy Gamble (California) / Alternate Source  [55 minutes]
• TED: Bill Gates – Energy Innovation  [20 minutes]

ESSAY 04: Globalization of Production, Consumption, and Logistics

• FRONTLINE: Is Wal-Mart Good for America? (2005 – 60 minutes)
  (To see full screen, right click on the video for options.)
• CNBC: TRASH INC. – The Secret Life of Garbage (2010 – 45 minutes)

ESSAY 03: Deficits, Debt, and the Cost of Health Care

• I.O.U.S.A. Original (8/2008) / Solutions (3/2010)
• FRONTLINE: Ten Trillion and Counting
• FRONTLINE: Sick Around the World – Five Capitalist Democracies & How They Do It
• FRONTLINE: Obama’s Deal (behind the scenes politics of health care reform)