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Blowing the Fortune (Original title)
Date: 1989 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Sue Crowther

Synopsis: At the height of their power many Americans thought they had a patent on Capitalism. They also believed democracy lay at the heart of the free enterprise system. Both assumptions were wrong. Around the world people learned about the profit motive from kindly Americans without embracing American values. In a world of competitors it was Americans who discovered that they might be the losers. (-TV Times)

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Capitalism

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