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Laissez-faire (2015)

2015-01-30 · 1h 20m · IT
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Genesis, decline and revenge of an ideology

In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Laissez-faire offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which societies are based.

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Ronald ReaganRonald ReaganSelf (archive footage)Salvador AllendeSalvador AllendeSelf (archive footage)Margaret ThatcherMargaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)Milton FriedmanMilton FriedmanSelf (archive footage)John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard KeynesSelf (archive footage)John PerkinsJohn PerkinsSelf (archive footage)Naomi KleinNaomi KleinSelf (archive footage)Karl MarxKarl MarxSelf (archive footage)Thomas SankaraThomas SankaraSelf (archive footage)Giovanni AgnelliGiovanni AgnelliSelf (archive footage)Jaime Roldós AguileraJaime Roldós AguileraSelf (archive footage)Clement AttleeClement AttleeSelf (archive footage)

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HistoricalSocial issuesPovertyPoliticsFinanceDebtEconomic theoryUnemploymentEconomyIdeologyGlobal economyEconomicsEconomic inequalityEliteNeoliberalismEconomic problemsFree marketWestern societyZeitgeistRegression

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Genre affinityHistory · DocumentaryTheme affinityHistorical · Social Issues · PovertyPacingShortDirector preference1546387Actor preference596992 · 76082 · 204517Country preferenceIt

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Frequently asked questions about Laissez-faire

What is Laissez-faire about?

In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Laissez-faire offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which societies are based.

How long is Laissez-faire?

Laissez-faire has a runtime of 80 minutes.