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Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth

Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth

★ 7.8/10•2023•59m•AL•Documentary•War & Politics
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From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern United States of America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes.

StatusEnded
Runtime59m
LanguageFR
First Air DateNov 7, 2023

Episodes

Episode 1 - A Paradise for Millionaires (1870-1920)E158m

A Paradise for Millionaires (1870-1920)

At the end of the 19th century, a club of millionaires — John D. Rockefeller and his oil monopoly, steel king and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and banker J. P. Morgan, who financed the Industrial Revolution from Wall Street — took over the United States, where immigrants provided a labor force that was ruthlessly exploited.

Nov 7, 2023

Episode 2 - Making the Rich Pay (1921-1946)E260m

Making the Rich Pay (1921-1946)

The millionaires' paradise was destroyed by the crash of 1929, which plunged the country into the Great Depression and mass unemployment. Enraged by greed and tax evasion, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, reelected in 1936, advocated controlled capitalism.

Nov 7, 2023

Episode 3 - Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? (1981-Today)E359m

Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? (1981-Today)

The federal welfare state controlled American capitalism until the 1973 oil crisis and recession, which led to the election of the ultra-liberal Ronald Reagan. At the dawn of the computer revolution, a generation of entrepreneurs, including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, emerged in Silicon Valley around Stanford University, which combined public and private research.

Nov 7, 2023

Actors

Cédric Tourbe

Cédric Tourbe

Self - Narrator (voice)

Estelle Galarme

Estelle Galarme

Self - Narrator (voice)

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