Beyond Economics

The Guardian: The Rise and Fall of an Idea that Swept the World

Maps

• Map of EU vs. Euro Zone / SNL: EU Debt Crisis
• Map of World

Africa

• IDS Weekend-Africa-2017-02-25
• It’s Africa’s Time [1 min]
• Why the U.S. & China are Investing in Africa [2 min]
• Blood in the Mobile [4 min]
• Leif Wenar on Blood Oil [2:39] / Oil and the Resource Course [8:38]
• Impact of Climate Change on Africa [3:37]
• Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa [2:21]
• The Story Behind Africa’s Economic Revolution
• Slingshot Water Purifier [3:47]
• My Morocco Videos / Photos

Latin America

• Amazon Gold Trailer (2:35 min.)
• Amazon Deforestation: Cattle (2 min.)
• Food vs. Forest: How Brazil is trying to hold the line (4:09)
• Greenpeace: Halting Deforestation Progress (3:40)
• Brazil’s Drought Linked to Deforestation (2:56 min) [2014]
• How Columbia Went From Murder Capital to Tech Powerhouse
• Latin American Economies in Focus

TPP & International Trade

• IDS-Weekend: Trade, Asia, and the U.S. Economy – 2016-04-30
• Visualizing U.S. Trade by Country
• ECONOMIX: TPP & the Theory of Free Trade
• Sanders & Trump on TPP
• Trump on Trade with China (Fox Debate)
• Trump vs Milton Friedman on Free Trade
• TDC: TPP Explained (pro)
• Hillary Clinton on TPP (2012/2015)
• Info Wars: TPP Explained
• Robert Reich on TPP and Fast Track
• HuffPost: Why TPP negotiations are secret

Latin America

• Amazon Gold Trailer (2:35 min.)
• Amazon Deforestation: Cattle (2 min.)
• Brazil’s Chainsaw Queen
• Food vs. Forest: How Brazil is trying to hold the line (4:09)
• Greenpeace: Halting Deforestation Progress (3:40)
• Brazil’s Drought Linked to Deforestation (2:56 min) [2014]
• How Columbia Went From Murder Capital to Tech Powerhouse
• Latin American Economies in Focus

General

• TradeStats Express
• Did You Know 3.0 (Updated for 2012)
• IBM Think Forum: Thomas Friedman – Hyperconnected World
  Meet the Press: Thomas Friedman sums up why America is in a hole

China

• NYT: China, the Economy, and Trump (3/1/16)
• CNBC: China’s Growth Prospects in Charts (01/14)
• ABC Nightline: Apple Foxconn Plant in China
• CNN Tianjin Eco City / BBC News
• CNBC: TRASH INC. – The Secret Life of Garbage [45 min]
  On Hulu at higher resolution but with ads
• PBS: China – Economic Growth vs. the Environment [23 min]
• CNBC: Made in China: The People’s Republic of Profit

Developing World

• ABC News: Foxconn Plant (4 min, 2012)
• Behind the Swoosh (The ultimate short film on Nike’s sweatshop abuses)
• Blood in the Mobile (trailer)  (Introduction) Full Documentary – mining in the Congo for cell phone components
• Slavery in the Chocolate Factory (2011, 46 min)
• CNBC: India Rising: The New Empire

Misc.

• Shark Tank Episode: Entrepreneur Refuses to Outsource / Related Article
• The Corporation (trailer)
• Globalization of Economics, Politics, and Culture (2011- 8 minutes)
• Obama Speech (as a candidate in 2008)
• “In Defense of Global Capitalism”
• South Park: Cash for Gold
• CNBC: Supermarkets Inc.

Walmart

• FRONTLINE: Is Wal-Mart Good for America? (2005)
• Wal-Mart’s Green Revolution: A Force of Nature:  / Interview with Exec
• Dangers of Shopping at Wal-Mart (CNN-Peter Navarro, 4/2012)

Environmental Costs

• The Story of Stuff: Electronics
• CNBC: TRASH INC. – The Secret Life of Garbage (2010 – 45 minutes)
  On Hulu at higher resolution but with ads