“Free market” advocates have tried to perpetuate three great economic myths, all of which have recently been exposed. Trickle-down economics does not work. Free markets do not automatically self-correct. And perhaps most importantly, allowing income inequality to grow larger and larger is not only bad for a society’s morale, it inevitably leads to economic instability. The ECONOMIC JUSTICE Bullfrog Community encourages public education on timely economic issues that affect us all: the recent credit bubble burst, the current global financial crisis, the influence of special-interest money in politics, our over-consumption "disease", and new ideas on measuring the success of the economy. Join in and speak up!
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THE SEQUEL (61 min) Looks at the influential work of David Fleming, who dared to re-imagine a thriving civilization after the collapse of our current mainstream economies and inspired the Transition Towns movement. |
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A SILENT TRANSFORMATION (70 min) Explores the transformative power of the co-operative enterprise model, illustrated with many inspirational examples. |
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FOOD COOP (97 min) Looks at the workings of a highly profitable supermarket, Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Coop, which for 44 years has been a shining example of a successful alternative economic system at work. |
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FOOD FOR CHANGE (82 min) Looks at the current resurgence of food cooperatives in America and their unique historic place in the economic and political landscape. |
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ONE BIG HOME (88 min) Tells a fascinating story of conflicting visions of economic development through the lens of gentrification. |
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DEATH BY DESIGN (73 min) Exposes the unintended environmental, health and social consequences of our addiction to our digital devices. |
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THE TRUE COST (92 min) Groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? |
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REDEFINING PROSPERITY (57 min) The story of how a mining town recovered from its legacy of pollution and prospered by building community around the battle to save their beautiful river. |
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LOVE & SOLIDARITY (38 min) An exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson, a former advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King. |
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WECONOMICS (19 min) Reports on the extensive and innovative cooperative economy in the region around Bologna. |
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THE HAND THAT FEEDS (84 and 56 min) Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma López unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain. |
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SHIFT CHANGE (69 min) Investigates employee-owned businesses that provide secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces even in today's economic crisis. |
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THE ENEMY WITHIN (112 min) The story of Britain's longest strike, the 1984-85 miners' strike, when Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, as told by those who lived through it. |
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WE ARE NOT GHOSTS (52 min) Detroiters are reinventing the old Motor City as a vibrant new self-sustaining and human-scaled city for a post industrial world. |
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THE FLAW (82 min) The story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash of 2008, and how excessive income inequality leads to economic instability. |
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PRICELESS (58 min) A non-partisan look at the consequences of big-money campaign donations and a Capitol overrun by lobbyists. |
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MONEY AND MEDICINE (84 and 56 min) An investigation of the dangers the nation faces from runaway health care spending. |