http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_zk2X92kxY
This is an outstanding BBC documentary, enhanced by a nice musical score that includes music from the Godfather and Camille Saint Saens among others, that covers a wide variety of social and political topics concerned with achieving freedom in society. Parts 1 and 2 deal with the free market ideals of Friedrich von Hayek, game theory and the Soviet Union, and the prisoner's dilemma. Part 3 deals with the progression of society based on the individual pursuit of self interest, and should appeal especially to fans of Ayn Rand. I'd say it also covers a statement by Jiddu Krisnamurti: "It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society". Part 4 is directly relevant to our collapsing government and current economic crisis: "What were supposed to be institutions to help people had become destructive. These around them would seem to have turned against the very people they were supposed to serve" ~ "The fallacy that public choice economics took on was the fallacy that the government was working entirely for the citizen". Part 5 deals with psychology and psychological experiments, and Part 6 deals with systems analysis and military defense and the workplace.
This is an outstanding BBC documentary, enhanced by a nice musical score that includes music from the Godfather and Camille Saint Saens among others, that covers a wide variety of social and political topics concerned with achieving freedom in society. Parts 1 and 2 deal with the free market ideals of Friedrich von Hayek, game theory and the Soviet Union, and the prisoner's dilemma. Part 3 deals with the progression of society based on the individual pursuit of self interest, and should appeal especially to fans of Ayn Rand. I'd say it also covers a statement by Jiddu Krisnamurti: "It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society". Part 4 is directly relevant to our collapsing government and current economic crisis: "What were supposed to be institutions to help people had become destructive. These around them would seem to have turned against the very people they were supposed to serve" ~ "The fallacy that public choice economics took on was the fallacy that the government was working entirely for the citizen". Part 5 deals with psychology and psychological experiments, and Part 6 deals with systems analysis and military defense and the workplace.
