This lecture, directed by Jehane Noujaim, explores how Americans, as consumers in a rapidly growing world economy, have an insatiable appetite for the next greatest electronic gadget. But can we consume cheap imported products without exploiting someone in the supply chain? Part of WE THE ECONOMY, a series of short films developed by renowned filmmakers and apanel of top economic experts, meant to provoke thought and discussion about fundamental and...

While in office, President Ronald Reagan advocated a supply-side economics policy that came to be known as Reaganomics. This theory held that large tax cuts for the wealthy would trickle down to middle income and working class Americans because of increased consumer spending. While taxes were cut across all financial classes in the 1980s, many working class families argued that they faced too heavy of a tax burden.

When Britain got involved in the Iraq War, pacifist Joe Jenkins decided to fight his own war against the U.K.'s taxation system. He reasoned that by allowing some of his earnings to go to the military, he was indirectly responsible for its activities. Taking his tax bill to the authorities, Jenkins asked that the ten-percent military portion be redirected to peaceful purposes - and was promptly threatened with imprisonment. This documentary, filmed...

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