The Business and Economics Collection
From advertising and marketing to speculation and debt, The Business and Economics collection covers the field. Including stand-outs like the The Flaw about the 2008 financial crisis and Allan Sekula and Noel Burch's film essay on globalization, The Forgotten Space, this collection provides essential insights into the world of production, distribution and consumption.
The Business and Economics Collection includes the following titles:
Two boys come of age looking for solutions to the global problem of reckless oil drilling following years of oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Follows World Bank and International Monetary Fund decision-makers in Uganda, showing how top-level decisions are made in the field.
After the recession of the 1990s, Japan’s white collar salarymen increasingly must work arduous hours for fear of losing their jobs. This often leads to depression and suicide.
Revisits four children in India, Norway, and South Africa, who were born in 1992, the year of the first Rio Earth Summit, and measures the impact of globalization on their lives.
In the Altai Republic of Russia and in Northern California, indigenous shamans resist massive government projects that threaten nature and culture.
Community regeneration, energy-efficient design, and waste water treatment.
Green technology and innovative design save energy.
Energy-efficient skyscrapers, controlling waste, and innovative automobile design and recycling.
Angela Sun reveals the effects of our rabid plastic consumption as she investigates The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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