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61) Flow
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis...Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel...Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently...
62) The Lab
Publisher
Torch Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Israel invests heavily in military weapons research, which isn't surprising given it's history and location. Large companies develop and test deadly technology, which is sold worldwide by private agents, often to countries with oppressive regimes and abysmal human rights records. This process takes place among a highly developed network of military officials, politicians, and consultants who advise nation-clients on how to conduct counter-insurgency...
63) New Order of Oil
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
As concerns of oil supply lead producers and politicians to look for other domestic oil sources, oil companies also face incredible environmental scrutiny after the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Go stock hunting with John Templeton, who changed the world of finance by focusing on the global market and on a socially responsible portfolio. Review Templeton’s checklist of the qualities that make a nation an attractive investing opportunity—for example, a low tax rate and high savings rate.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For the intrepid investor, there are potential riches to be made when companies go under. Explore the field of distressed investing through the successes of two masters: David Tepper and Seth Klarman. Learn how to seize opportunities by buying what others don’t want or must sell under duress.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Explore the world of small-cap investing, which targets companies with a market capitalization (outstanding shares times price/share) generally less than a billion dollars. Learn how legendary investors Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and Michael Burry flourished in this market. Survey your own options for getting involved.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Study the investment strategy of Paul Tudor Jones, the man who predicted the stock market crash of 1987. Since then, his hedge fund firm, Tudor Investment, has been an industry leader. Focus on Jones’s background in futures trading and his savvy use of technical analysis and market psychology.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Go company hunting with activist investors, sometimes called corporate raiders. Chart the exploits of three leading practitioners: Carl Icahn, Dan Loeb, and Bill Ackman. Along the way, learn the meaning of terms such as greenmail, black knight, white knight, shark repellant, and Pac-Man strategy.
69) Crude Diplomacy
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Following World War II and questions about future oil supplies, the Allied nations move towards friendly relationships with a growing oil power, Saudi Arabia
70) Our Plan
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The first wells and entrepreneurs are the foundation on which the enormous oil industry will be built.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Survey the shifting fortunes of one famous company that over the course of a century made it appeal to almost every type of investor covered in this course. Then go through a detailed checklist that reveals the investment approach that matches your outlook and resources. Finish with one final great investor!
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Sovereign wealth funds are investment portfolios owned and managed by the government, generally in countries with commodity-oriented economies or large trade surpluses, such as Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Examine the history of these funds, how they operate, and their increasingly important role in the global economy today.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Travel with the commodities specialist dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance.” Since retiring from the Quantum Fund at age 37, Jim Rogers has toured the world, scouting out opportunities in emerging markets. Learn how to break into commodities trading, and get Rogers’ tips on what to look for in a foreign market.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
See the index fund phenomenon from the inside through the career of John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group. Consider evidence for and against the Efficient Market Hypothesis, on which index investing is based. Also look into pitfalls to avoid when buying index funds.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (366 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Strike it Rich, with History!..Based on Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book and narrated by award-winning actor Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games), The Prize is an exciting and entertaining eight-part series that captures the fascinating stories behind the global hunt for oil. Shot on location in Azerbaijan, Egypt, England, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Russia, Scotland, Turkey and the United States, this series features fascinating...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
On average, women are better investors than men, with the patience, self-control, and risk-consciousness that are crucial to success in the financial world. Study four female top investors: Hetty Green, Linda Bradford Raschke, Sonia Gardner, and Leda Braga—each with a different approach to building wealth.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Study mutual funds through the career of Peter Lynch of Fidelity, renowned for his spectacular management of the Magellan Fund in the 1980s. Discover the meaning of key mutual fund terms, and learn how Lynch picked winners. His famous mantra, “Invest in what you know,” is only part of the formula.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
NOVA takes the pulse of China's hyperactive economy, the fastest-growing in the history of the world. During the last two decades, China clamped down on its population growth through its controversial one-child policy, but in recent years it has relaxed those rules, moving in the direction of more reproductive freedom. As the sprawling country develops from a poor nation, China's air, land and water are beginning to suffer. The prospect that all Chinese...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Explore the celebrated career of Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest people thanks to his disciplined approach to buying and selling companies. Learn how Buffett modified the strategy of his mentor, Ben Graham, by searching out high-quality companies with a competitive advantage, or “moat.”
Author
Publisher
Red Wheel Weiser
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
Language
English
Description
"The world is a mess. It's constantly at war, things cost too much, and the average person struggles to survive against powers they can barely see, let alone control. It appears so at odds with common sense, in fact, that it begs a fundamental question: Who runs the world? This book looks at the conspiracies in everyday life, both hidden and not-so-hidden. It examines actual people, businesses, social networks, corporate alliances, and the dark forces...
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