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
The outbreak of the first world war, with its absurd unreason, should have triumphantly fulfilled Marx's prophecy of the end of capitalism. The war and the events leading up to it are illustrated on stage by posturing knights. The life of Lenin is counterpointed with the scenes of war.
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...