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Fast Bucks: How Porsche Made Billions
Item# 40651
© 2009
29 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-193-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-192-7
German automaker Porsche has long desired a takeover of Volkswagen, a company rich in research and production capabilities. In 2008, Porsche announced it had taken a majority position in Volkswagen sh...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Profits or Patients?
Item# 40644
© 2009
55 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-181-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-180-4
Over the course of two decades, Wendell Potter has seen for-profit insurers hijack America's healthcare system and put profits before patients. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers speaks with...
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Slums and Money: A Socioeconomic Analysis
Item# 40604
© 2009
45 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-139-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-138-5
Patterns of urbanization and poverty are playing an increasingly heavy role in the debate over globalization and market regulation. In a hard-hitting analysis of the issues, this program assembles a w...
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Globalization at a Crossroads
Item# 39350
© 2009
26 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-922-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-923-6
To some, the term "globalization" means ruthless exploitation by corporations; to others, it means bringing economic development to all the peoples of the world. This program explains key principles a...
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The Real Sir Alan Sugar
Item# 40395
© 2009
58 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-818-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-819-2
Depicting his rise from beetroot vendor to electronics multimillionaire, this program profiles Sir Alan Sugar and his emergence as Britain's answer to Donald Trump. Viewers learn how "Suralan" parlaye...
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New! 9 to 5 No Longer
Item# 40875
© 2008
60 Min.
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A demographic change is affecting all Americans wherever they work and live: the rise of the flexible workforce. The global economy, increasing numbers of two-income families, and the need for busines...
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Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism
Item# 40389
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-890-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-891-8
Which country has the most business-friendly government in the world? By many reckonings, the answer lies 7,000 miles away from Washington, D.C.-in Beijing. This four-part series features renowned bro...
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Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism-From MAOism to MEism
Item# 40392
© 2008
44 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-894-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-895-6
More than 13 million people live in Chongqing, a city most Americans have never heard of. Less cosmopolitan than Shanghai or Hong Kong, it embodies all the hallmarks of China's gains and growing pains...
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Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism-It's the Economy, Stupid
Item# 40390
© 2008
43 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-898-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-899-4
China has lifted 300 million people out of poverty in less than a generation-but there are downsides to its booming economy. Presented by Ted Koppel, this program explores the social, ethical, and env...
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Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism-Joined at the Hip
Item# 40391
© 2008
44 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-892-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-893-2
Low-cost Chinese labor may take jobs away from American workers, but the American economy as a whole would spiral into the abyss without its relationship with China. This program ventures inside the c...
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