The New Rulers of the World

Name: The New Rulers of the World
Uploaded: 2009
Duration: 53 min

200953 minHD★ 8.6Society & Politics

Editor's Take

John Pilger examines globalization and the widening distance between rich and poor, taking Indonesia and the machinery of global finance as his case. The film shows how debt, cheap labor, and corporate power shape the lives of millions, building toward an indictment of the institutions behind them. As with Pilger's work generally, it is committed and polemical, argument rather than neutral reportage. Read in that spirit, it presses a forceful case about who benefits from the global economy.

The New Rulers of the World is John Pilger's examination of globalisation and the widening gulf between rich and poor. Focusing on Indonesia and the workings of global finance, it shows how debt, cheap labour, and corporate power shape the lives of millions in the developing world. The film argues that a small set of institutions and interests effectively govern the global economy. It is a pointed critique of who really holds power in a connected world. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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