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Freshwater
05-20-2011, 02:15 PM
Had no idea where to put this, since it could feasibly fit into several places.

I'll start with:

1. Free to Choose, the Friedman documentary series. There's a ten part 1980 series and then an updated 1990 version. Each episode is about an hour long. I prefer the 1980 version myself, but there are some interesting bits in the 1990 version dealing with the ongoing collapse of communism. Each episode has a debate towards the end. Friedman tends to win them...
http://www.freetochoose.tv/

2. Tory! Tory! Tory! Three parts, about an hour each. Details the rise and fall of the Thatcher government. Hayek is mentioned frequently throughout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNRO82QMJwQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02IonQsQuE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOnzPEpFAs&feature=related

3. Commanding Heights. Three parts, two hours each. Focuses on the rise of globalization and the resurgence of capitalism in the 80s and 90s.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1466397368167658753#
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3122039563423208507#
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=112129377629231653#

Xenophage
05-20-2011, 03:31 PM
Free to Choose is probably the best documentary series on economics ever. It's Cosmos for Capitalists!

coastie
05-20-2011, 05:23 PM
I didn't check if those specific ones were there, but this site is great, has ALL kinds of FULL documentaries, all neatly organized, Political, Economics, Science, religion, 9/11, Conspiracies, etc.



http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/

dannno
05-20-2011, 05:27 PM
Beer Wars

dannno
05-20-2011, 05:27 PM
I didn't check if those specific ones were there, but this site is great, has ALL kinds of FULL documentaries, all neatly organized, Political, Economics, Science, religion, 9/11, Conspiracies, etc.



http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/


This is another good site for that.

http://trueworldhistory.info/

coastie
05-20-2011, 05:35 PM
This is another good site for that.

http://trueworldhistory.info/

Sweet....although they both have a lot of the same ones, but nice to know, thx.

Wesker1982
05-20-2011, 06:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIcIkoOwp7s

BuddyRey
05-20-2011, 09:05 PM
Guns and Weed: The Road to Freedom. Despite the title, it's really a movie that encompasses and encapsulates the entire libertarian philosophy, not just gun or cannabis issues. It's really a must-watch, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWQ6AGWb_M&playnext=1&list=PL1EF4E98DF95813AA

Jay Tea
05-21-2011, 03:48 PM
A very good John Stossel special:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0VHiONkot8