Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
2023 59mDocumentary, War & Politics
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From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern America has been one of wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes. 120 years ago, a capitalist Eldorado emerged in the USA, paving the way for personalities like Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. How did the power of the super-rich consolidate itself, especially during the economic crisis after 1929 or during Ronald Reagan's policy of deregulation and tax cuts in the 1980s? Using extensive archive footage, this three-part documentary mini-series explores this question and tells in detail the history of American capitalism over a period of 150 years: from Rockefeller to today's plutocrats like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, to the Wall Street crash of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression to the global financial crisis of 2007/2008.
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