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Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy confronts head-on Americans' critical concerns about the new interconnected world. Based on the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, this groundbreaking series explores our changing world—the great debate over globalization and the future of our society. Commanding Heights reunites the team that created The Prize— award-winning producer William Cran (From Jesus to Christ) and Daniel Yergin—and is the first in-depth documentary to tell the inside story of our new global economy and what it means for individuals around the world. Filmed on five continents, the powerful narrative combines stunning film footage with dramatic stories and extraordinary interviews with world leaders and thinkers from twenty different countries, including: Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, Rep. Richard Gephardt, and President George W. Bush's Economic Advisor Lawrence Lindsey. Commanding Heights dramatically captures the issues that have defined the wealth and fate of nations and shows how the battle over the world economy will shape our lives in the twenty-first century. Special DVD Features Include: ? Access to the Commanding Heights Web site, including: ? An exclusive time map, which provides an interactive atlas of economic history ? Comprehensive transcripts from on-camera interviews, and biographies of the people who played significant roles in the development of the modern global market ? An online teacher’s guide that provides suggestions for applications of the Web site in classroom instruction ? An excerpt from the companion book to the series ? A complete list of interview subjects included in the series ? Chapter breaks ? English audiotrack and subtitles ? On three DVD5 discs.
Customer reviews for 'Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy'
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What I want from a Documentary is the truth. Does this documentary give you the truth? And, when I say the "truth" I mean the whole truth and nothing but the truth. If you want to make good financial/economic decisions you need to have good information,the facts (the truth), on which to base your decisions. Don't be misguided by politicans or other talking-heads; look where they have positioned America for competing in the global economy at this point in time!!!! Let's see, we have the European Union, China and/or possibly, some day, an Asian Union, plus most of the rest of the world hates us...DUH? To the spoiled and are misguided Americans: it really is a dog eat dog sorld out there... it's time to wake up and smell the trouble...I cite OPEC and rest my case.
[Wednesday, December 24, 2008]
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Good product and Number 1 Amazon service
I am satisfied at the commanding heights, stories and images are better than expectation. I am very happy because you, amazon send the product to me as soon as possible after it had been lost while sent to me.
It was good and happy experience that I ordered and received good for the first time with Amazon.com. I wish your prosperity.
[Friday, October 10, 2008]
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Primer on modern economics
This documentary is fantastic overview of the two conflicting economic models that have largely shaped the last century. Captialism vs. socialism, free markets vs. protected economies are explored thorougly. I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in understanding the forces that have shaped world economies over the last century.
[Saturday, July 26, 2008]
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