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41) Not Without Us
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows seven grassroots activists from around the world to the 21st U.N. Climate Talks in Paris. The effects of climate change on their lives reveal what is at stake if a strong agreement to limit carbon emissions is not reached. Yet, the landmark Paris Accords, signed by 192 nations, is non-binding and fails to mention the main cause of global climate change: fossil fuels. How could this be?. NOT WITHOUT US connects the dots. Between...
42) No Sweat
Publisher
GlobalGirl Media Productions
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An all-American tale about an all-American garment: The T-shirt. NO SWEAT takes a wild ride into the bowels of Los Angeles garment industry. Mostly undocumented workers at American Apparel and SweatX are offered better wages, benefits, even a shot at worker-ownership. But what is really behind the label?. Dark, dingy factories. Workers hunched elbow-to-elbow over machines. Nike. Guess. Kathy Lee Gifford. We are all too familiar with sweatshops, operating...
Publisher
Acort International
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What do real estate tycoon Donald Trump and the Heinz Tomato Ketchup dynasty have in common? Their ancestors come from Kallstadt, a small, quiet winegrowing village in the German Palatinate region. Can this really be a coincidence? Director Simone Wendel – also from Kallstadt – explores the issue.
44) Big Men
Publisher
Outcast Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The film’s central story follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy. Between 2007 and 2011, with unprecedented, independent access, Big Men’s two-person crew filmed inside the oil company as Kosmos and its partners discovered and developed the first commercial oil field in Ghana’s history...Simultaneously the crew filmed in the swamps of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, following the exploits of a militant...
45) Heist
Publisher
Donald Goldmacher
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This investigative documentary reveals how American corporations orchestrated the dismantling of middle-class prosperity through rampant deregulation, the outsourcing of jobs, and tax policies favoring businesses and the wealthy. HEIST exposes the roots of the American economic crisis and the destruction of the American dream.. The collapse of the U.S. economy is the result of conscious choices made over thirty five years by a small group: leaders...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 2014, three young fashion bloggers came to Phnom Pehn for the first time to spend a month and live the life of a Cambodian garment worker. At the time, they did not know much about how their clothes were made and were horrified to find the conditions at the factories. The show provoked headlines and articles all over the world and companies like H&M were forced to respond.. In this sequel, Anniken and Frida Ottesen from the first season are joined...
47) Empires of Oil
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Standard Oil, through the ruthlessness of Rockefeller, became a far reaching and monopolistic empire of oil
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Short selling is a dangerous game, since your losses are theoretically unlimited. Compare the short-selling strategies of two investing legends: Jesse Livermore, who made millions during the crash of 1929, and James Chanos, who predicted the collapse of Enron in the early 2000s.
49) War and Oil
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Oil becomes a strategic resource in the Second World War, starting with a US embargo that cut off Japanese oil supplies after their invasion of Indochina
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Turn to private equity and leveraged buyouts (LBOs), exploring notable deals by two stars of field: Henry Kravis and Stephen Schwarzman, including Kravis’s famous takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1988. Though you may never do an LBO yourself, you can invest in private equity firms that are publicly traded.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Study what two Nobel Prize-winning economists have to say about risk. Harry Markowitz put risk on an equal footing with return. Delve into his Modern Portfolio Theory and its implications for investors. Also investigate the insights of William Sharpe’s Capital Asset Pricing Model.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Explore the world of small-cap investing, which targets companies with a market capitalization (outstanding shares times price/share) generally less than a billion dollars. Learn how legendary investors Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and Michael Burry flourished in this market. Survey your own options for getting involved.
53) The Red Tail
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
On August 19, 2005 Roy Koch, along with 4,400 airline mechanics, custodians, and cleaners, went on strike against Northwest Airlines, the 4th largest airline in the world. Northwest, otherwise known as "The Red Tail" by its employees, wanted to lay off 53% of their union and outsource their jobs. What followed was a 444 day strike that would end with 4,000 union members out of work, including Roy. Instead of being left in the wake of this "losing...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
A conference in Tehran brings OPEC nations to the table with oil companies, allowing the nations to have a say in setting the price of oil. This power was used as a weapon in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, resulting in drastic cuts in oil production and an energy crisis in the United States.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Business school professor and portfolio manager John Longo conducts you through the life stories of over 30 men and women including Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and George Soros, who have built spectacular fortunes through investing. Each lecture focuses on a single approach, such as value stocks, growth stocks, mutual funds, and hedge funds.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Four megatrends are changing our world and the nature of learning. Globalization interconnects every aspect of our lives. The biological revolution in brain science and genomics is teach and learn. From Wikipedia and social media to online education, the technological revolution poses new questions about how much education should take place in the digital world and on smart devices. Lifelong learning is both a revolution and an economic necessity...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Go stock hunting with John Templeton, who changed the world of finance by focusing on the global market and on a socially responsible portfolio. Review Templeton’s checklist of the qualities that make a nation an attractive investing opportunity—for example, a low tax rate and high savings rate.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
The growth of the suburbs and car culture was fueled by oil surplus and low prices, but those conditions were threatened as oil producing nations began to fight back against oil companies operating with impunity, culminating in the formation of OPEC
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Many of the most successful investors of the 20th and early 21st centuries were hugely influenced by the work of Ben Graham, the pioneer of value investing. Study the underpinnings of his proven philosophy, including the contrasting strategies of the enterprising investor and the defensive investor.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
George Soros, financier and philosopher, made more than a billion dollars in one day by following his own advice to bet big if you have high confidence in an idea. Trace the saga of this man’s eventful life, from Nazi-occupied Hungary to the world stage, from social science theorist to global macro trader.
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