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              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S014-SS001-0029 · Item · 2010
              Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

              This documentary gives an overview of the origins of the financial crisis in the United States, and how the solutions proffered in response to it have set the scene for the next crisis. This documentary directed by Martin Borgs for European and US television includes interviews with Vernon Smith, Peter Schiff, Robert Van Order, Megan McArdle, Gerald Celente and former US comptroller general David Walker.

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              Life and Debt
              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S011-SS001-0008 · Item · 2001
              Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

              Jamaica – a tropical, beautiful land, rich in milk and... banana's, But, at best, a prime example of the impact of economic globalization on a developing country. This startling and award-winning feature-length documentary provides a shocking insight into a Jamaica that we don't normally see as a tourist, and guides us through the film as though we were a visitor to the country. It portrays a troubled nation, robbed of its natural resources and dependent like a small child on the West.

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              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0056 · Item · 2008
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              Honkala is the founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, an organization dedicated to empowering the poor and homeless in Philadelphia. Cheri argues that the poor are being made invisible by the urban redevelopment programs of the last 20 years. But the prosperity of shiny new urban centers is an illusion that simply forces hunger and homelessness out of site. With the erosion of U.S. manufacturing jobs, Americans are filing for bankruptcy in record numbers and credit card debt is soaring. “In this country there is no safety net and there is no security. You can be ok for one minute and the next day you can be living out on the street and nobody will give a damn about you”.

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              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0080 · Item · 2009
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              With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown. By placing the crisis within this larger historical and systemic frame, Wolff argues convincingly that the proposed government “bailouts,” stimulus packages, and calls for increased market regulation will not be enough to address the real causes of the crisis - in the end suggesting that far more fundamental change will be necessary to avoid future catastrophes.

              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0105 · Item · 2006
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              This documentary tells the story of how our civilization's addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. The film visits with the world's top experts and comes to a startling, but logical conclusion - our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled. You needn't be a conspiracy theorist to see a connection between America's current obsessions with the Middle East and national security, and the world's looming oil crisis. The frenzied search for alternative sources of energy now being pursued by the largest multinational energy corporations makes it clear they also believe a crisis is fast approaching...

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