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The Cartel (2009)

Tagged: Government schools, Incompetent government, Unions & monopolies

WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES
Reporter Bob Bowdon investigates corruption, waste, and intimidation in U.S. public schools…and finds plenty. [ The Cartel credits: Dir: Bob Bowdon/ 90 min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government, Unions & monopolies]

External Reviews

““Brisk, incisive and mind-boggling…”
–Los Angeles Times

“…explodes the fiction that funneling more money into the same highly bureaucratized and politicized system will fix our deepening education crisis.”
–Chicago Reader

“Director Bob Bowdon is in the Michael Moore mold, except his Gotcha! style of filmmaking is more likely to be supported by facts.”
–Christian Science Monitor

“The Cartel is a powerful and provocative documentary about the sorry state of American education.”
–The Heartland Institute

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Links

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Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Alliance for School Choice
Reason: School Choice
Book: The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System
Book: Separating School & State: How to Liberate America’s Families
Book: The K-12 Implosion (Encounter Broadside)
Book: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Book: Overcome Your Fear of Homeschooling with Insider Information

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This site is a collection of films and documentaries of particular interest to libertarians (and those interested in libertarianism). It began as a book, Miss Liberty’s Guide to Film: Movies for the Libertarian Millennium, where many of the recommended films were first reviewed. The current collection has grown to now more than double the number in that original list, and it’s growing still.

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