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  1. Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)

    Subject
    Economics; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 41 minutes), $350.00

    Documentary. What distinguishing feature do the world’s healthiest and happiest societies have in common? According to acclaimed author Richard Wilkinson, the reason is that they have far less income...

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  2. Greece, Austerity and the European Monetary Union (2015)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government

    Dr Yiannis Kitromilides, an Associate Member of the Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, talks about the the position of Greece within the...

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  3. Will There Be a Shortage of Spending Power? (2013)

    Subject
    Business studies; Economics

    This lecture looks at the world surplus of savings as incomes gradually shift proportionally towards those who traditionally save a high proportion of their earnings and away from those who traditionally...

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  4. Thatcherism 1979 - 1990 (2012)

    Subject
    Politics & government

    Professor Vernon Bogdanor’s lecture traces the rise of Thatcherism, from the collapse of the post-war settlement and a move away from One Nation Conservatism, a belief in government intervention and full...

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  5. Ask the Chancellors (2010)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government

    With the economy a key issue of the 2010 General Election, the prospective chancellors from Labour, The Conservatives and The Liberal Democrats participate in a live election programme. In a live election...

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  6. Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story (2010)

    Subject
    Economics

    Film maker Martin Durkin explains the full extent of the financial mess we are in: an estimated £4.8 trillion of national debt and counting. It’s so big that even if every home in the UK was sold it...

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  7. I.O.U.S.A. (2009)

    Director
    Patrick Creadon
    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £12.99

    Produced before the global financial meltdown, this documentary examines America’s rapidly growing national debt and the consequences for the country and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding...

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  8. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 123 minutes), £19.99

    Michael Moore pulls back the curtain on capitalism to reveal the insidious role it has played in the destruction of the American dream for many people. Back in 1989, auto workers in Flint, MI, were lamenting...

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  9. How Human Psychology Drives the Economy (2009)

    Subject
    Economics

    Video recording of a lecture given by economist Robert Schiller at the RSA on 21 May 2009. He argues for an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering Keynes’ idea of ‘animal...

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  10. Economic Thinking After the Crunch (2009)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government

    Video recording of a lecture given by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne at the RSA on 21 May 2009 in which he discusses the impact of new insights from economics and the social sciences on the Conservative...

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