Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth

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S01E02: 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.

Overview

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.

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A Paradise for Millionaires (1870-1920)

S01E01 A Paradise for Millionaires (1870-1920)

November 7, 2023 8.0 58 min
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...
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Making the Rich Pay (1921-1946)

S01E02 Making the Rich Pay (1921-1946)

November 7, 2023 7.0 60 min
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...
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Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? (1981-Today)

S01E03 Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? (1981-Today)

November 7, 2023 8.0 59 min
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,...
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Cast

Cédric Tourbe
Self - Narrator (voice)
Estelle Galarme
Estelle Galarme
Self - Narrator (voice)
Volker Hanisch
Volker Hanisch (voice)
Marion von Stengel
Marion von Stengel (voice)

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