Commanding heights : 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.

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PART TWO - AGONY OF REFORM: Continues a review of the history of the global economy by examining the changes through the 1980's, during which the Cold War ended in the collapse of communism in Europe. Shows how the strategies of government planning failed to produce their intended economic results a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WGBH Video (Firm)
Lion Television Ltd
Heights Productions
Invision Productions Ltd
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Other Authors: Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006
Stiers, David Ogden
Sullivan, Michael
Cran, William
Stanislaw, Joseph
Yergin, Daniel
Barker, Greg
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [Boston, Mass.] : Canada : WGBH Boston Video, McIntyre Media (distributor), [2003]
Subjects:
Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946-
Fox Quesada, Vicente.
Clinton, Bill, > 1946-
Reagan, Ronald.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, > 1931-2022.
Thatcher, Margaret.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, > 1870-1924.
Marx, Karl, > 1818-1883.
Hayek, Friedrich A. von > (Friedrich August), > 1899-1992.
Keynes, John Maynard, > 1883-1946.
Films for the hearing impaired.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 > Economic aspects.
Communism > Economic aspects > History.
Documentary television programs.
Competition, International.
Deregulation.
Privatization.
Markets.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Globalization.
Free trade.
Economic policy > History > 20th century.
Capitalism > History > 20th century.
International economic relations > History > 20th century.
Economic history > 20th century.
India > Economic conditions.
Germany > Economic conditions.
Soviet Union > Economic conditions.
Great Britain > Economic conditions.
United States > Economic conditions.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
New rules of the game. [Distinctive title]
Agony of reform. [Distinctive title]
Battle of ideas. [Distinctive title]
Format: Video DVD

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