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• Family & survival [videorecording] / story by Phil Donahue ; script by Hank Whittemore ; produced by Robert Richter ; director, Joel Banow  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, 2003, c1986.
  Circ. Desk BF685 .F36 2003 [MCC Faculty only]
  
  Phil Donahue examines today's family, and discusses problems which threaten marriage and family life. Looks at the urban family, comparing the "traditional" family and the "corporate" family. Shows the strain on today's farm families as the economy threatens the existence of the family farm. Shows how unemployment devastates the family provider and damages his relationship with family members. Tells how sex roles are changing in today's family. Includes comments from members of urban and farm families, and from experts, including Dr. Benjamin Spock.
  
  
• Iraq for sale [videorecording] : the war profiteers / Brave New Films presents a Robert Greenwald film ; produced by Sarah Feeley, Jim Gilliam, Devin Smith ; produced & directed by Robert Greenwald
  New York : Disinformation Company, 2006.
  DS79.76 .I77 2006
  
  Exposes the monetary cost of war and reveals the truth behind the misuse of funds that were intended for Iraq's reconstruction.
  
  
• The Africans. Program 7, A garden of eden in decay? [videorecording] / a co-production of WETA-TV and BBC-TV ; screnwriter, Ali A. Mazrui ; produced by Peter Bate  Chicago, IL : Films Incorporated, 1986.
  DT14 .A375 1986
  
  This program identifies the problems of a continent that produces what it does not consume and consumes what it does not produce, showing Africa's struggle between economic dependence and decay.
  
• America. Episode 8, Money on the land [videorecording] / BBC-TV and Time -Life Television
  New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Pub. [distributor], c1988.
  E178 .A44 1988 Vol. 8
  
  Deals with the turn-of-the-century industrialization of the United States. Discusses early American inventors whose newly discovered methods and resources were exploited by the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other industrialists for business purposes.
  
• The plow that broke the plains [videorecording] ; The river  [United States] : Naxos, c2007.
  Display E179 .P686 2007 [MCC only]
  
  The plow that broke the plains depicts the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies by cattlemen and farmers through the World War I boom to drought and depression. The river traces life in the Mississippi River Valley during the previous 150 years, showing the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and floods, and concludes with scenes of regional planning, TVA development and federal efforts.
  
• The blending of culture [videorecording] : Latino influence on America / a presentation of Films for the Humanities and Sciences ; University of Notre Dame Life Choices Committee ; writer, Mark Kelley
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004, c2002.
  E184.S75 B584 2004
  
  This program looks at the "Three houses of Latino culture" -Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American - and their widespread influence from entertainment to politics and to economics.
  
• Eyes on the prize II : America at the racial crossroads. Back to the movement (1979-1983) [videorecording] / a presentation of Blackside, Inc. and WGBH-TV. ; produced, written and written by Madison Davis Lacy Jr., James A. DeVinney  Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1990.
  E185.61 .E94 1990
  
  Examines two cities ; one in the south the other in the north. In Miami, Florida, viewers witness the destruction of a black community. In the North, we see how Harold Washington gets elected as a Chicago's first black mayor.
  
• The Great Depression [videorecording] / Guidance Associates, Inc
  Mt. Kisco, N.Y. : Guidance Associates, 1986, c1987.
  E801 .G74 1987
  
  Using archival film footage, captures the United States in the period of the depression, showing scenes of bank runs, unemployment, food lines, and the shantytowns called "Hoovervilles."
  
• The great depression [videorecording] / produced by Towers Productions, Inc. for the History Channel ; executive producer, Jonathan Towers ; writer/ producer, Craig Constantine, Jeff Martin, Peter Marks
  New York, N.Y. : A&E Home Video : History Channel, C. 1998
  E806 .G743 1998
  
  Covers the stock market crash of 1929 to the recovery spurred by the coming of World War II. Discusses the election of FDR, the migration of the Dust Bowl farmers, the New Deal, the veteran's march on Washington.
  
• Capital sins [videorecording] : authoritarianism and democratization / a production of WGBH Boston and Central Television Enterprises for Channel 4, UK ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; written, produced, and directed by Rachel Field  South Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1993.
  F1408 .A44 1993
  
  A series of programs looking at contemporary Latin America. This program focuses on Brazil - its economic and social conditions, people and resources and politics and government.
  
• Fire in the mind [videorecording] : revolutions and revolutionaries / a production of WGBH Boston and Central Television Enterprises for Channel 4, UK ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; directed by Marc DeBeaufort, Yezid Campos  South Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1993.
  F1408 .A44 1993
  
  A series of programs looking at contemporary Latin America. As Latin American countries struggle to come to terms with their problems, many demand fundamental structural change - revolution. This program focuses on revolutions in two countries: El Salvador and Peru. It examines the conflict in El Salvador, rooted in issues of land and poverty and where some of the problems are being addressed. But in Peru, serious economic conditions and poverty have resulted in a violent and more deadly revolutionary group, the Shining Path.
  
• The Garden of forking paths [videorecording] : dilemmas of national development / a production of WGBH Boston and Central Television Enterprises for Channel 4, UK ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; written and directed by David Ash  South Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1993.
  F1408 .A44 1993
  
  A series of programs looking at contemporary Latin America. This program focuses on Argentina - its history, politics and government, and economic and social problems and conditions.
  
• Get up, stand up [videorecording] : problems of sovereignty / a production of WGBH Boston and Central Television Enterprises for Channel 4, UK ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; written, produced and directed by Marc DeBeaufort  South Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1993.
  F1408 .A44 1993
  
  A series of programs looking at contemporary Latin America. This program focuses on the issue of sovereignty of Caribbean and Latin American nations, looks at Jamaica and Colombia. Examines political, economic and social problems in these countries and the effects of intervention by the United States in their affairs.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 1, Resources and scarcity ; Lesson 2, Markets and prices [videorecording] / Educational Film Center and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Project, Intellimation, 1989. (available video on demand)
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 1-2
  
  Pt. 1. Introduces the twenty-eight-part television series on introductory economics by illustrating how unlimited wants and scarce resources lead to trade -offs and choices. Pt. 2. Explores the forces of supply and demand and the free -market system.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 11, Productivity ; Lesson 12, Federal deficits [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 11-12 (available video on demand)
  
  Lesson 11: The cause of America's great productivity slide is examined along with solutions from political advisors -- Lesson 12: What are the dangers of a $200 billion deficit? Details the good, bad, and ugly side of deficits. (updated 2003)
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 13, Monetary policy ; Lesson 14, Stabilization policy [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 13-14 (available video on demand)
  
  Examines the reigns of three Federal Reserve Chairmen - Arthur Burns, William Miller, and Paul Volcker. Pt. 12 updated 2002)  Discusses the debate between monetarists and Keynesians, the concept of supplyside economics, and the 1985 Bonn Economic Summit.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 15, The Firm ; Lesson 16, Supply and demand [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 15-16 (available video on demand)
  
  Investigates the economic factors behind Coke's secret formula change, Studebaker's demise, and a phenomenal computerization success story at The Asbury Park Press. Reveals the potent forces of supply and demand through the great California drought, the Arab oil embargo and the Jordache designer jeans craze.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 17, Perfect competition and inelastic demand ; Lesson 18, Economic efficiency [videorecording] / Educational Film Center and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates ; producer, director, Lou Barbesh  Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Project, Intellimation, 1989.
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 17-18 (available video on demand)
  
  Pt. 17 illustrates the concepts of perfect competition and the elasticity of supply and demand. (updated 2003) Pt. 18 explains cost of and justification for interfering with the free market.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 19, Monopoly ; Lesson 20, Oligopolies [videorecording] / Educational Film Center and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates ; producer, director, Lou Barbesh
  Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Project, Intellimation, 1989.
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 19-20 (available video on demand)
  
  Pt. 19 defines monopoly and explains that the degree to which a firm controls the market affects prices and economic efficiency. (updated 2002) Pt. 20 shows how oligopolies try to avoid price competition. (updated 2003)
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 21, Pollution ; Lesson 22, Labor and management [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 21-22 (available video on demand)
  
  Lesson 21: The private and social costs of pollution and the impact of environmental regulations on mining companies, traffic engineering, and the oil industry are explored. (updated 2002)-- Lesson 22: The effects of labor unions are discussed, with examples from the 1909 ILGWU strike, the demise of the New York Herald Tribune, and the UAW's concessions during Chrysler's historic bailout.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 23, Profits and interest ; Lesson 24, Reducing poverty [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 23-24 (available video on demand)
  
  Lesson 23: How banks, big business, and little entrepreneurs act to maximize profit. -- Lesson 24: The causes of income inequality and the role social welfare policy has played from the introduction of Social Security to LBJ's Job Corps are examined. (updated 2003)
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 25, Economic growth ; Lesson 26, Public goods and responsibilities [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 25-26 (available video on demand)
  
  Lesson 25: The effects of natural resource depletion, on one hand, and the success story of America's telecommunications industry, on the other, are explored in this episode. -- Lesson 26: The Tennessee Valley Authority, national health care, and California's Proposition 13 tax revolt demonstrate the role of government in our lives.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 27, International trade Lesson 28, Exchange rates [videorecording] / Educational Film Center and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Project, Intellimation, 1989.
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 27-28 (available video on demand)
  
  Pt. 27. Illustrates the concepts of specialization and comparative advantage and shows how trade may hurt certain groups but benefit society as a whole. (updated 2002) Pt. 28. Shows the effect of exchange rates on trade, domestic economic growth, and inflation. (updated 2003)
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 3, U.S. economic growth ; Lesson 4, Booms and busts [videorecording] / Educational Film Center and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Santa Barbara, Calif. : Distributor, Intellimation, 1989.
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 3-4 (available video on demand)
  
  Pt. 3. This introductory lesson in the macroeconomics sequence examines how the gross national product of the U.S. is measured. Pt. 4. This lesson introduces the concepts of aggregate supply and aggregate demand in relationship to the business cycle.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 5, John Maynard Keynes ; Lesson 6, Fiscal policy [videorecording] / Educational Film Center and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Santa Barbara, Calif. : Annenberg/CPB Project, Intellimation, 1989.
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 5-6 (available video on demand)
  
  Pt. 5. Analyses the Depression in terms of the interaction of consumption spending and investment spending, and shows how this analysis differs from classical economic theory. Pt. 6. Shows how a government can use tax and spending policies to reduce the severity of business cycle fluctuations.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 7, Inflation ; Lesson 8, The Banking system [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 7-8 (available video on demand)
  
  Lesson 7: Examines the economic and social costs of the inflationary spiral created at the start of the Vietnam War and the great society -- Lesson 8 : Discusses bank failures, panics, FDIC takeovers and the role of the Federal Reserve.
  
• Economics U$A. Lesson 9, The Federal Reserve ; Lesson 10, Stagflation [videorecording] / a cooperative project of Educational Film Center [and] Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc. ; executive producer, Ira H. Klugerman ; project coordinator, Gail Arnall ; project director, Stephen L. Rabin
  Annandale, Va. : Educational Film Center ; Santa Barbara, Calif. :
  HB171 .E3 1989 Pt. 9-10 (available video on demand)
  
  Lesson 9: Examines the rising power of the Federal Reserve Board and the increasing reliance on monetary policy -- Lesson 10: Discusses the economic crises of the 1970's and demand-pull and cost-push inflation which occurred. (updated 2002)
  
• The illustrious yet elusive world of microeconomics [videorecording] / the Standard Deviants ; produced by Michael Le Fort ; script written by Jason Stamm ... [et al.] ; directed by Aldo Ivan Bello
  [Arlington, Va.] : Cerebellum Corp., c1994.
  HB172 .I5 1994
  
  Presents the concepts of microeconomics: economic theory, creating & constructing graphs, slope of a line, slope of a curve, scarcity of resources, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontier, efficiency, demand, factors influencing demand, etc.
  
• The prime-time world of macroeconomics [videorecording] / the Standard Deviants ; producer, Michael Le Fort ; script by Jason Stamm ... [et al.] ; directed by Danielle Fenati  [Arlington, Va.] : Cerebellum Corp., c1995.
  HB172.5 .P7 1995
  
  Presents the concepts of microeconomics, such as economic theory, slope, consumption, production, scarcity, gross domestic product, inflation, price level, consumer price index, frictional, structural & cyclical unemployment, interest rates, exchange rate, etc.
  
• The Entrepreneurs [videorecording] : an American adventure / Enterprise Media Inc. ; a production of Martin Sandler Productions Ltd. in association with Concepts Unlimited ; produced by Gaby Monet ; directed by Robert Deubel  [Oak Forest, IL] : MPI Home Video, 1991, c1986.
  HB615 .E5 1986
  
  Discussion of entrepreneurs and inventors from Edison to date, focusing on their ability to innovate and respond to changes in need.
  
• Supply and demand / [videorecording] production of TV Ontario
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1996.
  HB801 .S87 1996
  
  This program explains how economics uses elasticity to measure how demand responds to price.
  
• Unemployment, inflation, and national output [videorecording] / a production of TVOntario
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Science, 1996.
  HB3711 .U54 1996
  
  Looks at how cycles in an economy develop by explaining how factors are measured. Introduces aggregate supply and demand, and how these concepts affect business cycles.
  
• The Crash of 1929 [videorecording] / presented by WGBH Boston, WNET/New York, KCET/Los Angeles ; a Middlemarch Films production for the American Experience
  Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1990.
  HB3717 1929.C737 1990
  
  On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday, large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable.
  
• Sustainable futures. [videorecording] / produced by the North America Fund for Environmental Cooperation ; director, Ian Murray ; writer, Catherine O'Brien
  Ben Lomond, Calif. : Video Project, [199-?].
  HC79.E5 S8686 1995
  
  This program looks at sustainable development projects in six communities in North America.
  
• Who's the enemy? [videorecording] / written/produced/directed by Larry Engel and Carl Charlson ; produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit
  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1992.
  HC79.H53 W46 1992
  
  " ... Asian countries are trying to leapfrog out of third-world status by building a well-educated workforce, and even some places in the U. S. are trying to lure high-tech industries with the same approach. So whose fault is it that Japan took almost the whole consumer electronics industry away from the United States?" -- Container.
  
• GDP and the multiplier process [videorecording] / a production of TVOntario
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1996.
  HC79.I5 G4 1996
  
  Provides "a behind-the-scenes look at the aggregate demand curve. Key concepts include how the equilibrium level of GDP is determined, and how the multiplier process works."
  
• The Entrepreneurs [videorecording] : an American adventure / Martin Sandler Productions ; written by Coleman Jacoby and Gaby Monet ; directed by Robert Deubel ; producer, Gaby Monet
  Boston, Mass. : Enterprise Media, c1986.
  HC103 .S683 1986
  
  Discussion of entrepreneurs and inventors from Edison to date, focusing on their ability to innovate and respond to changes in need.
  
• Industrial Revolution, capitalism and the United States of America. [videorecording]
  Madison, WI : Hawkhill Video, 2006.
  HC105 .I53 2006 [MCC only]
  
  "Democracy in World History : A breakthrough new program that teaches basic facts and important concepts and connections about humanity's long and perilous journey in search of a system of governing where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness can flourish. The Industrial Revolution, Capitalism and the United States of America : Learn how the 1776 birth of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" combined with the Industrial Revolution and free- market capitalism to destroy feudal societies of agricultural ages past."-- Hawkhill Website.
  
• The other side of the Massachusetts miracle [videorecording] / a presentation of Project Shelter ; edited by Jeff Brawer  Boston, Mass. : WCVB-TV, c1988.
  HC107.M43 O84 1988
  
  Interviews three families discussing the employment situation in Massachusetts. Explains how the poor and homeless having been left out of the "Massachusetts Miracle" and how family history plays a part in the problem.
  
• Back country blues [videorecording] / produced by Jerry Kirchenbaum
  Boston, Mass. : WCVB, c1987.
  HC110.P6 B33 1987
  
  Interviews 3 families in rural Maine. Depicts the logging industry and the struggles each family endures as it strains to survive at the poverty level. Its not about having the things you really want; it's about not having the things you really need.
  
• Life and debt [videorecording] / a Tuff Gong Pictures Production a film by Stephanie Black ; producer, Stephanie Black ; narration writer, Jamaica Kincaid ; director, Stephanie Black
  New York, NY : New Yorker Video, [2003], c2001.
  HC154 .L54 2003
  
  Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.
  
• The Industrial Revolution [videorecording] / Educational Audio Visual Inc. ; director, Robert H. Claycomb ; writer, Robert H. Claycomb, Robert Fromer
  Pleasantville, N.Y. : Educational Audio Visual, 1985.
  HC254.5 .I53 1985
  
  Explains why the Industrial Revolution came to England first and explains the major stages in the nation's economic metamorphosis. Describes the spread of industrialization to other nations and the impact of the Industrial Revolution on society and particularly on the working class.
  
• China [videorecording] / a presentation of Wall Street Journal Video ; produced and written by Mary Ann Rotondi ; edited by Elizabeth Ackerman
  [New York : Distributed by New Video Group], c1996.
  HC427.92 .C45 1996
  
  Examines China's transformation from communism to capitalism, from poverty to prosperity. Includes interviews with a former state worker who has created a multimillion-dollar textile empire, the leader of Beijing's Commodities Exchange, and Shanghai's most successful Avon cosmetics saleswoman.
  
• China in the red [videorecording] / an Ambrica Productions film for WGBH /Frontline ; written, produced and directed by Sue Williams ; co-producer, Kathryn Dietz
  [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c2003.
  HC427.95 .C455 2003
  
  The economic reforms that have brought China economic prosperity now threaten the livelihood of many Chinese workers. The Chinese Communist Party can no longer afford to subsidize the factories, and millions of workers are being laid off, with no social safety net to catch them. Filmed over the course of three years, Frontline tells the stories of 10 Chinese individuals-- factory workers, rural villagers, and a millionaire entrepreneur, caught up in China's dramatic, ongoing effort to modernize its economy.
  
• Commanding heights [videorecording] : the battle for the world economy / an Invision Productions Limited production in association with Heights Productions, Inc. and WGBH Boston, with the assistance of Lion Television Limited ; produced and directed by William Cran ; written by William Cran, Daniel Yergin ; executive producer, Michael Sullivan
  Boston : WGBH Boston Video, c2002.
  HD87 .Y47 2002
  
  This series explores our changing world: the new rules of the game, the winners and losers in the clash between government and the marketplace, the great debate over the impact of globalization, and the powerful forces shaping our economy and the future of society. It dramatically captures the issues that have defined the wealth and fate of nations and shows how the battle over the world economy will shape our lives in the 21st century.
  
• Future of work [videorecording] : speech, Federal Highway Administration Washington, DC, 04/01/96
  [Lafayette, Ind. : distributed by] Public Affairs Video Archives,
  HD6331 .R54 1996
  
  Mr. Rifkin discussed his book, The End of work, which studies the changing nature of employment in the information age. He described what the workplace of the future may be like.
  
• Outsourcing [videorecording] : white collar exodus / [presented by] Jamestown Films ; a Kent Brainerd film ; written by Kent Brainerd and Mark Chaplin ; produced and directed by Kent Brainerd
  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences ; London,
  HD9696.67.I42 O78 2005 [MCC only] (This film can be embedded into a blackboard course)
  
  More than two million jobs have been outsourced from the U.S. to India since 2000. This documentary explores factors that encourage the outsourcing (U.S. laws, special training and cheap wages in India, ...) and the impact the outsourcing has on both the U.S. and Indian workers. Analysts consider possible U.S. policy and natural economic responses to the outsourcing.
  
• The Automobile story [videorecording] / Written, produced, and directed by Larry Engel and Carl Charlson ; produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit
  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1992.
  HD9710.A2 A98 1992
  
  "Once it was the symbol of American industry, style, and leisure--until Toyota adapted American mass production methods to Japanese standards. Only now are embattled American auto makers trying to reverse history by using Japanese success strategy in planning, design, engineering, and manufacturing." -- Container.
  
• National industrial policy [videorecording] / Written, produced and directed by Linda Garmon, Peter Frumkin and Judy Katz ; produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit
  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1992.
  HD9711.5.A2 N38 1992
  
  "This program looks at the enormous costs, the huge risks, and the potentially colossal pay-offs in the commercial aircraft industry. Boeing is still number one, but major components of its jets are now made in Japan. What does this portend about the U.S. position in the high-stakes global economy?" -- Container.
  
• Winners and losers [videorecording] / Written, produced, and directed by Linda Garmon, Peter Frumkin and Judy Katz ; produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit
  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1992.
  HD9940.A2 W56 1992
  
  "The U.S. once counted on manufacturing most of the clothes its citizens wore, but half that business has gone to low-wage third world countries. As a result, many American manufacturers struggle, American workers have lost their jobs, and Americans pay higher prices for their clothes. Is it worth it?" -- Container.
  
• Inside the global economy [videorecording] : / with Nariman Behravesh
  [Annandale, Va.] : Educational Film Center, c1994.
  HF1359 .I57 1994
  
  Prog. 1. Trade, an introduction -- prog. 2. Protectionism -- prog. 3. Trade policy -- prog. 4. Trade liberalization and regional trade blocks -- prog. 5. Labor and capital mobility -- prog. 6. Multinational corporations -- prog. 7. Fixed vs. floating exchange -- prog. 8. Managing currencies and policy coordination -- prog. 9. Exchange rates, capital flight and hyper inflation -- prog. 10. Developing countries -- prog. 11. Economics in transition -- prog. 12. Environment -- prog. 13. The evolving world economy.
  
• Globalization [videorecording] : winner & losers / a Journeyman Pictures production, in association with Films for the Humanities & Sciences and ABC Australia
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004.
  HF1379 .G557x 2004 [MCC only]
  
  Sabeer Bhatia, inventor of Hotmail, Narayan Murthy, founder of Infosys, and other industry leaders attest that globalization has raised the standard of living in developing economies through high-tech opportunities, foreign investment, and debt relief. Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs and other experts point out that the world market is being exploited through shortsightedness. This program addresses the pros and cons of doing business in the global marketplace.
  
• Globalization [videorecording] : winners and losers / a Journeyman Pictures production, in association with Films for the Humanities & Sciences and ABC Australia
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.
  HF1379 .G56 2002 [MCC only] (This film can be embedded into a blackboard course.)
  
  Sabeer Bhatia, inventor of Hotmail, Narayan Murthy, founder of Infosys, and other industry leaders attest that globalization has raised the standard of living in developing economies through high-tech opportunities, foreign investment, and debt relief. Harvard's Jeffrey Sachs and other experts point out that the world market is being exploited through shortsightedness, including the aggressive deployment of genetically modified crops, environmental negligence, and the abuse of NAFTA. This program addresses the pros and cons of doing business in the global marketplace.
  
• Allyn & Bacon interactive video III for sociology [videorecording]
  [S.l.] : Allyn & Bacon, c2000.
  Reserve HM51 .A459 2000
  
  Sociological perspectives and methods (6:42) -- Language and culture (6:43) -- Socialization (7:30) -- Social interaction and social organization (6:39) -- Deviance and social control (7:21) -- Social stratification, social class (6:16) -- Race and ethnicity (8:19) -- Sex, gender, sexual orientation (6:15) -- Aging and inequalities of age (6:31) -- Politics and the economy (6:40) -- Marriage, family, and relationships (6:16) -- Education (6:31) -- Religion (7:08) -- Health and medicine (7:00) -- Population and urbanization (6:38) -- Social change, technology, and the future (6:58).
  
• The Sociological imagination [videorecording] / produced by Dallas Telecourses ; a presentation of the Dallas County Community College District ; producer/director, Paul Bosner
  [Dallas, Tex.] : The District, c1991.
  HM51 .S63 1991 (pt. 20 Economic Systems)
  
  This introductory sociology series provides and in-depth look at groups, communities, institutions, and social situations that illustrate major sociological concepts.
  
• Dirty business [videorecording] / ABC News Productions
  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004 c2002.
  HQ471 .D554 2004
  
  "Provides a timely assessment of the ever-increasing growth of the porn industry, the proliferation of access via cable and Web sites, and its move out of theaters and into private homes. Koppel interviews entrepreneurs and CEOs who are some of the biggest players in the market and tracks the profits to a number of the most firmly established companies in America"--Container.
  
• Growing old in a new age [videorecording] / produced by the University of Hawaii, Center on Aging ; producers/writers, Anthony Lenzer, ... [et al.] ; director, Jay Curlee
  S. Burlington, Vt. : The Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1993.
  HQ1064.U5 G768 1993 (9-10. Work, retirement and economic status)
  
  These programs look at various aspects of aging in American society of the latter 20th century. Older people share their views on each subject.
  
• Women in American life [videorecording] : a four-part video documentary of the experiences and contributions of women in American history / researched and written by Mary Ruthsdotter and Bonnie Eisenberg
  Santa Rosa, Calif. : National Women's History Project, 1988.
  HQ1410 .W645 1988
  
  Program 1. 1861-1880: Civil war, recovery and westward expansion -- program 2. 1880-1920: Immigration, New Work and New Roles -- program 3: 1917-1942: Cultural image and economic reality -- program 4. 1942-1955: War work, housework and growing discontent.  An overview of women's roles in the development of the United States from the Civil War through the 1950's.
  
• Throwaway people [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; executive producer, David Fanning
  [Washington, D.C.] : WBGH Educational Foundation, c1990.
  HV5833.W3 T5 1990 [MCC only]
  
  An investigation of the economic, social and political forces that have produced the Black American underclass in Shaw, a crime-ridden neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
  
• The Regulatory agencies [videorecording] an Educational Enrichment Materials production
  Westminster, MD : Random House Media, c1988.
  JK901 .R44 1988
  
  Describes various government regulatory agencies and defines their purpose as upholding the public interests while balancing the views of opposing economic forces.
  
• Armed to the teeth [videorecording] : the worldwide plague of small arms
  Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, [2004].
  Circ. Desk KZ5624 .A76 2004 [MCC only]
  
  With one gun for every ten people, the UN considers the small arms crisis one of the gravest challenges facing the world. As well as investigating the proliferation of firearms and the economic, political, and cultural reasons why people carry them, this award-winning program shows what is being done to curb a man-made pestilence. Both devastation and successful disarmament are seen in case studies from Albania, Mozambique, South Africa, Colombia, El Salvador, and the world's largest small arms manufacturer, the United States. Discussing these issues are Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament; Carol Bellamy, executive director of UNICEF; and Robert Wall of the Firearms and Explosives Unit at Interpol.--Container.
  
• A beautiful mind [videorecording] / Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Imagine Entertainment present a Brian Grazer production, a Ron Howard film ; producers, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard ; screenplay, Akiva Goldsman ; director, Ron Howard
  Universal City, CA : Universal, [2002], c2001.
  Feature PN1995.9.B55 B43 2002
  
  Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize in Economics.
  
• Roger & me [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Dog Eat Dog Films production ; a film by Michael Moore ; written, produced and directed by Michael Moore
  Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1990.
  Feature PN1995.9.D6 R64 1990
  
  A documentary about Flint, Michigan native Michael Moore and his efforts to meet with General Motors' president Roger Smith in order to persuade the executive to visit Flint, a city which is economically depressed due to the closure of a General Motors plant.
  
• Goldfinger [videorecording] / Danjaq S. A. and United Artists
  Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1995, c1964.
  Feature PN1995.9.J3 G65 1995
  
  Agent 007 takes on billionaire Auric Goldfinger, who plans to throw the world economy into a tailspin by contaminating the gold at Fort Knox with nuclear radiation.
  
• Goldfinger [videorecording] / Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corporation ; screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Paul Dehn ; produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli ; directed by Guy Hamilton
  Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c1999.
  Feature PN1995.9.J3 G65 1999
  
  Agent 007 takes on billionaire Auric Goldfinger, who plans to throw the world economy into a tailspin by contaminating the gold at Fort Knox with nuclear radiation.