Two government debt experts travel the U.S. on a "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour" trying to warn the public that the U.S. is on the brink of a fiscal catastrophe that has gone largely unreported. [ I.O.U.S.A. credits: Dir: Patrick Creadon/ 85 min/ Documentary/ Incompetent Government, Econ 101] External Reviews "This thoroughly admirable picture by documentary film-maker Patrick … [Read more...]
Friedrich Hayek: Libertarian Video Shorts
The essentials of Friedrich Hayek's Road to Serfdom are outlined in this short film based on illustrations originally published in 1945 in Look magazine. The film does a good job of laying out the key steps by which freedom not only can be lost but was lost in many countries in the last century. Inasmuch as it's just the original Look magazine illustrations accompanied by … [Read more...]
Free to Choose (1980 & 1991)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES In this landmark Free to Choose series, Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman guides the viewer through eleven documentaries on the workings of the market and its relation to human liberty. [ Free to Choose credits: Executive Producer: Bob Chitester/ Journalist: Milton Friedman/ 50 min/ Documentary/ Libertarianism 101] Just … [Read more...]
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)
Interviews with Federal Reserve insiders and economists reveal the agency's surprisingly flawed decision-making, including its role in creating recent booms and busts. [ Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve credits: Dir: Jim Bruce/ 104 min/ Documentary/ Econ 101] External Reviews "Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve is a slick, thoughtful and … [Read more...]
Britains Trillion Pound Horror Story (2010)
A documentary examination of the threat posed by rapidly accumulating public sector debt in the UK. [ Britains Trillion Pound Horror Story credits: Dir: Martin Durkin/ 90 min/ Documentary/ Anti-socialism, Econ 101] External Reviews "Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story was unquestionably the most important programme that will appear on British television this … [Read more...]
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002)
A documentary history of the global economy and the spread of free markets over the twentieth century. [ Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy credits: Narrator: David Ogden Stiers/ Writers: Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw/ 360 min/ Documentary/ Anti-socialism, Econ 101] External Reviews "Commanding Heights does for capitalism what Ken Burns' films did for … [Read more...]
Greed (1998)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES Greed is revealed to be one of the most important engines of human advancement and prosperity. [ Greed credits: Executive Producer: Victor Neufeld/ Journalist: John Stossel/ 50 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Econ 101, Equality & Envy, Pro-Capitalism, Anti-Redistribution, Ayn Rand, John Stossel] Greed is a much deprecated … [Read more...]
Good Intentions: A Personal Statement by Walter Williams
Economist Walter Williams discusses how government efforts to help African-Americans have failed, despite good intentions. Based on Williams' book The State Against Blacks. [ Good Intentions: A Personal Statement by Walter Williams credits: Dir: Anthony Machi/ 28 min/ Documentary/ Econ 101, Incompetent Government/ 1985] How to See It YouTube Video Search Google Video … [Read more...]
Libra (1978)
A libertarian space colony challenges the thinking of earth-based bureaucrats in this classic science-fiction short film. [ Libra credits: Dir: Patty Newman/ 39 min/ SciFi-Fantasy/ Libertarianism 101, Econ 101] A continuing energy crisis on earth provides the backdrop for this futuristic story of space-based energy generation. Some distinguished talent contributed ideas … [Read more...]
The Incredible Bread Machine (1975)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES A basic introduction to the ideas of liberty, emphasizing the relationship between personal and economic freedom. [ The Incredible Bread Machine credits: Dir: Theo Kamecke/ Karl Keating, Susan Love Brown, Patrea Post, Stuart Smith/ 28 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Libertarianism 101, Econ 101] The organizing mechanism for this … [Read more...]