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Commanding Heights - The Battle for the World Economy | 
| Directors: William Cran, Greg Barker
Actors: Ben Stein, Barbara Castle, Paul Volcker, Tony Benn, Jeffrey Sachs
Studio: Wgbh Boston
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 13900
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 360 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.3 x 3.1
UPC: 783421357037
EAN: 0783421357037
ASIN: B000065B49
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: May 14, 2002
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The history and impact of the new global economy are made clear--and compelling--in Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. This three-part, six-hour documentary does an astonishingly thorough job of dissecting and explaining macroeconomics and their current political and social importance without ever causing a loss of consciousness for the viewer. Part 1, The Battle of Ideas, chronicles the history of economic thought from the start of the 20th century and its socialist reforms right through the deregulation of the 1980s. Part 2, The Agony of Reform, explores the upheavals that such deregulation caused, focusing primarily on economic growth and gains and touching briefly on the wrenching consequences for the poor. Part 3, The New Rules of the Game, explores the consequences of globalization, including terrorism and the contagion of market collapse. The series makes good use of both large- and small-scale examples, and features interviews with several major world leaders. There is a slight teenybopper feel to The Battle for the World's Economy's admiration for today's celebrity economists, but the contagious enthusiasm is part of what makes the series so interesting. Big ideas are made extremely accessible to the average viewer (without condescension). Well worth watching. --Ali Davis
Description
How will globalization shape our lives in the twenty-first century? Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy confronts head-on Americans' critical concerns about the new interconnected world. Based on the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, this groundbreaking 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 our society. Commanding Heights reunites the team that created The Prize- award-winning producer William Cran (From Jesus to Christ) and Daniel Yergin-and is the first in-depth documentary to tell the inside story of our new global economy and what it means for individuals around the world. Filmed on five continents, the powerful narrative combines stunning film footage with dramatic stories and extraordinary interviews with world leaders and thinkers from twenty different countries, including: former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Dick Cheney, former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, Congressional Leader Richard Gephardt, and President George W. Bush's Economic Advisor Lawrence Lindsey. Commanding Heights 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 twenty-first century.
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 Primer on modern economics July 26, 2008
Magic Paradigm (Keller, Texas USA)
This documentary is fantastic overview of the two conflicting economic models that have largely shaped the last century. Captialism vs. socialism, free markets vs. protected economies are explored thorougly. I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in understanding the forces that have shaped world economies over the last century.
Commands attention May 26, 2008
Soccer Maestro (NYC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I dont purchase CD's or DVDs anymore. I think they are overpriced, and specially now that you can download almost anything, i find it difficult to spend my green in any DVD.
Then i read the reviews that this documentary had , based on the book. I thought the premise was really interesting. So i bought it, and i watched it. I didn't feel ripped off after, and i still watch it! (and in fact bought another set for my sister)
This is truly the best analytical documentary ever devised. It is such a piece of art, it stands on its own and has no other real similar.
I read other reviews and i concurr that sometimes it seems as if the analysis doesn't go deep enough. BUt that's the beauty of the narration. It never inserts its tilt or spin - it just tells you the facts and shows how things unfolded, only getting interviews to add color to the scene at hand but always letting the viewer come to its own conclusions.
I own this and Blue Planet. Once i buy Cosmos, i think i have all the DVD's i could ever need.
Extremely well done!!! May 21, 2008
Stephen Davis (Cincinnati, OH)
This is an excellent historical overview of how The Chicago Boys were able to influence the developed world away from Keynesian philosophies.
Astonishing! May 14, 2008
Tomas Arias (Madrid, Spain)
I've never seen such a documentary on the battle of ideas over world economy in the post-war era.
I strongly recommend it, specially for college students and young voters around the globe.
Globalization on the go May 7, 2008
Kashuba Olena (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Absolutely AMAZING movie! must see even if you are not interested in economy, you might be surprise how interesting it might be. great weaving between history, general human factor, politic and economy of the 20th century.
I was very glad I had it. Now I understand the difference between socialism and open markets. The authors speaks to you on your language and made it easy and available to anyone.
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