The Bubble: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You

A few weeks ago I directed you to a Spanish-produced film about the 2008 financial crisis. I also want to alert you to another film entitled The Bubble, based on Tom Woods' bestseller Meltdown. It is produced in the U.S., so is in English, and includes Grove City College's own Jeffrey Herbener. Here is the film's trailer:

New Film Series about Economics from a Christian Perspective

Economics for Everybody, a new film series designed to educate viewers about Economics from a Biblical perspective has just been released. It is comprised of 12 video lessons narrated by the always engaging R. C. Sproul, Jr. The producer of the series describes it as follows:

Economics for Everybody seeks to remedy that through an insightful and entertaining exploration of the principles, practices, and consequences of economics. Thoroughly unconventional, it links entrepreneurship with lemonade, cartoons with markets, and Charlie Chaplin with supply and demand.

It’s funny, clever, profound and instructive all in one place. It’s Economics for Everybody.

I served as an economic consultant for the film and recommend it as a provocative, winsome, and informative attempt to bring both natural and special revelation to bear on economic theory and policy. Those looking for an introduction to economic ideas from a Biblical perspective will find Economics for Everybody an excellent first step.

Here is the trailer for the series:

Fraud: The Cause of the Great Recession

A new documentary about the cause of the financial meltdown of 2008 and the resulting recession has been produced by amagifilms.The title of the film is Fraud. It correctly cites our fractional reserve banking system supported by central banking as the primary culprit.


"fraud. why the great recession" (official version) from amagifilms on Vimeo.

The producer's synopsis is as follows:

Free markets are not to be blamed for the Great Recession. On the contrary, its origins rest upon the deep government and central bank intervention in the economy. Through fraudulent mechanisms, this causes recurrent boom and bust cycles: bad policies create phases of irrational exuberance, which are then followed by economic recessions, a result that every citizen ends up suffering from.

The film features brilliant monetary scholars such as Jesus Huerta de Soto and Philipp Bagus. I watched it during my flight back from the government and economics seminar at which I lectured and this documentary is tremendous. It provides a clear, solid, and concise explanation of how our economic mess occurred.

Note Bene: It is a Spanish production with a lot of Spanish dialogue, so much of the film uses English subtitles, but do not let that scare you. This is an important document.