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This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy

It was a new technology which was threateninga huge amount of jobs and basically it...

It was a new technology which was threatening
a huge amount of jobs and basically it sparked off a number of different
responses by workers, like the rise of the
Luddites, for instance

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It was a new technology
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which was threatening a huge amount of jobs
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and basically it sparked off
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a number of different responses by workers,
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like the rise of the Luddites, for instance.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:28
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Actor and former White House Associate Director of Public Engagement, Kal Penn, takes viewers around the world to meet key players behind some of the more serious and bizarre movements in today's economy.
S01 • E02 You and I can't just start a cellphone company - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:05
You and I can't just start a cellphone company
S01 • E06 So even if you don't do the maths, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:06
So even if you don't do the maths,
S01 • E01 With the right lawyers and accountants, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:06
With the right lawyers and accountants,
S01 • E02 So basically, because only a few cellphone companies - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:07
So basically, because only a few cellphone companies
S01 • E03 And now we try to shift our rubber to - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:09
And now we try to shift our rubber to
S01 • E05 This market is where a tourist would come - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:08
This market is where a tourist would come
S01 • E07 None of the team's here any more, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:05
None of the team's here any more,
S01 • E06 I mean, no idiot would play Russian roulette, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:05
I mean, no idiot would play Russian roulette,
S01 • E08 1MDB raised billions of dollars - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:08
1MDB raised billions of dollars
S01 • E04 We use the term Luddite nowadays - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:08
We use the term Luddite nowadays
S01 • E06 It's not worth the one in six chance of dying, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:11
It's not worth the one in six chance of dying,
S01 • E02 When you call them, the wait time, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:07
When you call them, the wait time,
S01 • E07 Here, I don't know if she's in her room, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:07
Here, I don't know if she's in her room,
S01 • E01 But is there ever a worry that the money - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:09
But is there ever a worry that the money
S01 • E03 And now we cut down the - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:05
And now we cut down the
S01 • E08 But that money wasn't coming back to the Malaysian people. - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:04
But that money wasn't coming back to the Malaysian peop...
S01 • E04 The Luddites were named after Ned Ludd, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:20
The Luddites were named after Ned Ludd,
S01 • E08 The money went into the bank accounts - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:13
The money went into the bank accounts
S01 • E05 Oh, so a big buyer - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:06
Oh, so a big buyer
S01 • E02 - Yeah. - Now airlines, - This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy 00:10
- Yeah. - Now airlines,