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Laissez-faire

Laissez-faire

Genesis, decline and revenge of an ideology

Part of Laissez-faire

2015•1h 20m•10.0/10
DocumentaryHistory

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A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.

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Vox Populi

Language

IT

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Cast

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage)

Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

Self (archive footage)

John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes

Self (archive footage)

John Perkins

John Perkins

Self (archive footage)

Naomi Klein

Self (archive footage)

Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Self (archive footage)

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

Self (archive footage)

Giovanni Agnelli

Self (archive footage)

Jaime Roldós Aguilera

Jaime Roldós Aguilera

Self (archive footage)

Clement Attlee

Self (archive footage)

Tony Benn

Tony Benn

Self (archive footage)

Enrico Berlinguer

Enrico Berlinguer

Self (archive footage)

Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke

Self (archive footage)

William Beveridge

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Eamonn Butler

Eamonn Butler

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

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