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Title: Excellent introduction to World economics
Review: This is a very well put together documentary: excellent interviews, great archive footage, and good flow. I was constantly amazed how they got so many interviews with the movers and shakers of the world economy. 4.5* stars.I did find it lacking in several points:1) No mention of productivity and its importance2) Very little mention of competition policy (anti-monopoly). Competition is what drives productivity and quality improvements.3) Little mention of the level of corruption in many third world countries. IMF loans go to dictator's Swiss bank accounts.4) Oversimplification - the series seems to say - "free markets create growth". It blames Japan's recession on its market being too closed. How then did it become the world's second largest economy?
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