Grade Level: SrH-Adult Producer:BBC Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 60 mins Country of Origin: Great Britain Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 1977 Available in French: No
This program investigates the origins and development of the military and industrial economy as a result of the cold war and the continuing rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism, The (1/13)
The ideological development of classical capitalism in Britain and...
Manners and Morals of High Capitalism, The (2/13)
The robber baron industrial capitalists of the late nineteenth...
Karl Marx - Massive Dissent (3/13)
The impact of socialist thinkers, notable Karl Marx, who prophesied...
Colonial Idea, The (4/13)
Focuses on colonialism and the colonial adventure, which Galbraith...
Lenin and the Great Ungluing (5/13)
The outbreak of the first world war, with its absurd unreason, should...
Rise and Fall of Money, The (6/13)
This program focuses on the history and function of money in society,...
Mandarin Revolution, The (7/13)
This program focuses on the world-wide slump that threatened economic...
Fatal Competition, The (8/13)
This program investigates the origins and development of the military...
Big Corporation, The (9/13)
The corporation, as a myth and reality, is examined and dissected...
Land and People (10/13)
This program focuses on the role of land in determining wealth and...
Metropolis, The (11/13)
This video portrays problems of the industrial society as seen in the...
Democracy, Leadership and Commitment (12/13)
Focuses on the processes and operation of democracy with a look at...
Weekend in Vermont (13/13)
Professor Galbraith at his Vermont home with a group of political...