[OPE] Wolff's documentary on the economic crisis

Here is more info on Rick Wolff's film, which you were first 
informed about on 2/15. / In solidarity, Jerry

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Subject: a new documentary on the
economic crisis
From: "Rick Wolff"
<rdwolff@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, March 3, 2009 9:26 pm

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

You may find useful a
new film just released by the Media
Education Foundation (MEF).
Called "Capitalism Hits the Fan," it is
previewed at
www.capitalismhitsthefan.com
http://www.capitalismhitsthefan.com/
. It offers critical analyses of the
causes of the economic crisis
and of the Keynesian stimulus-cum-reregulation
"solutions"
being pursued; it also sketches an alternative solution.

The
dvd can be ordered now (see below). It is also possible to preview the
full-length version (just under an hour) at the MEF website:
http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action

<http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=139>

&key=139.

Your comments and criticisms would be
welcome.

Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics, University
of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA

Apologies for cross
posting.

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"With unerring coherence and unequaled breadth of knowledge, Rick
Wolff
offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of
mainstream
economists and pundits. It would be difficult to come
away from this viewing
with anything but an acute appreciation of
what is needed to get us out of
this mess."

- Stanley Aronowitz | Distinguished Professor of Sociology and
Urban
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Capitalism Hits The FanWith breathtaking clarity, renowned
University of
Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks
down the root causes
of today's economic crisis, showing how it was
decades in the making and in
fact reflects seismic failures within
the structures of American-style
capitalism itself. Wolff traces the
source of the economic crisis to the
1970s, when wages began to
stagnate and American workers were forced into a
dysfunctional
spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the
mortgage meltdown. By placing the crisis within this larger historical
and
systemic frame, Wolff argues convincingly that the proposed
government
"bailouts," stimulus packages, and calls for
increased market regulation
will not be enough to address the real
causes of the crisis, in the end
suggesting that far more
fundamental change will be necessary to avoid
future catastrophes.
Richly illustrated with motion graphics, this is a
superb
introduction designed to help ordinary citizens understand, and react
to, the unraveling economic crisis. more
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