Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

Superb:

If there were only more stars to give. This truly exceptional documentary takes an intriguing look at the effect of governmental policy on the markets of the world, and does so while offering excellent historical perspective. The treatment of political approaches is fair and objective, showing both the positive and negative impact of all types of policy. However, the clear and undeniable conclusion is that unfettered free markets will provide the most benefit to the most people. What a joy to see such an... more info

Historical Blindspots and Political Bias:

This film provides a generally good historical overview of the dominant LIBERAL political-economic philosophies of the 20th Century.

Soviet state socialism is unfortunately (and incorrectly) lumped together with the Keynesian welfare state social democracy, thus glossing over differences between these two forms of political-economic organization. Socialism is identified is any tendency to regulate the economy, thus radically glossing over socialism's utopian committments to equality, social justice, and... more info

A thoroughly entertaining analysis of the Global economy...:

Commanding Heights is a tremendously educational and entertaining analysis of the global economy. I was amazed that some of the world's most influential political and economic leaders spent hours talking with the film's producers (Clinton, Ruben, Gingrich, Thatcher, Milton Friedman, top scholars and Nobel Prize winners). This close contact with the actual people that inspired these world events gives the documentary a remarkable veracity.

The series does an excellent job of focusing on the early evolution... more info

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