Business & Economics

Something Ventured
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Something Ventured

Something Ventured lifts the curtain to give a glimpse into a somewhat-murky but endlessly fascinating world that many may never truly get to experience on their own: the world of venture capitalism. With interviews from repr...
Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street
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Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street

In the financial world, quants refer to the mathematical and computing wizards responsible for building complex models in the engine room of the global financial system. They are often involved in high-frequency and automated...
Princes of the Yen
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Princes of the Yen

An investigation on the role of central banks and how they can be used to change the economic, political and social structure of a country. In the 1990s, Japan experienced an economic crash during which the stock market dippe...
Poverty, Inc.
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Poverty, Inc.

Poverty, Inc. challenges the standard response to dealing with poverty in third-world countries through charity, suggesting that a better alternative to the problem is by teaching inhabitants of those countries about entrepre...
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream
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Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream

In Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, filmmaker Alex Gibney trains his lens on the issue of economic inequality in the United States. He contrasts two apartment buildings only five miles apart on Park Avenue in...
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis

Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis examines the major players and various factors leading to the 2008 US financial crisis and the ultimate prevention of devastating economic collapse. The documentary takes a...
Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis
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Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

When the global financial crisis hit in 2008, the United States government was forced to step in and bail out financial institutions that suffered massive losses. But what happens when it is the government itself that needs t...
Not Business As Usual
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Not Business As Usual

Not Business As Usual examines the philosophical and practical nature of capitalism, daring to reconsider the generations-old notion that profit is the only true metric of success. In an economic landscape where quarterly ret...
Money as Debt
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Money as Debt

Modern banking is incredibly complex and is particularly adept at one thing—producing ever-greater debt. The animated feature Money as Debt by Canadian filmmaker Paul Grignon sets out to demystify modern banking and its monet...
Million Dollar Traders
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Million Dollar Traders

Million Dollar Traders is a three-part miniseries headed by hedge fund manager Lex van Dam. It follows a group of eight ordinary people in a reality-style experiment to find out if they can become successful traders after two...
Mark Cuban: How I Became a Billionaire
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Mark Cuban: How I Became a Billionaire

Mark Cuban, a billionaire businessman, investor, author and philanthropist, is an unorthodox entrepreneur. Causing a stir in every business he has been involved in, he has been chastised and investigated, yet he has managed t...
Lehman Brothers: The Bank That Bust The World
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Lehman Brothers: The Bank That Bust The World

A definitive account of the September 2008 collapse of the banking giant Lehman Brothers that precipitated the global financial crisis. A panel of world leaders and CEOs discuss the tense negotiations that took place in New Y...