Economics Film Series Debuts at University Center
RU Picturing the Economy?
Department of Economics | College of Arts & Sciences

WHAT? WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.

WHO? University Center Residents and their Guests

WHERE? University Center, Multimedia Room

WHY? To see some terrific films, have a chance to interact with faculty members in an informal setting, and learn that economics is more than graphs and economists do have a sense of humor. Besides, there will be snacks.

WHEN? Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

September 20   Wal-mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Everyone has seen Wal-Mart's lavish television commercials, but have you ever wondered why Wal-Mart spends so much money convincing you it cares about your family, your community, and even its own employees? WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop.

October 11    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Based on the best-selling book by FORTUNE reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room details the shocking inside story of one of history’s greatest business scandals. Unimaginable personal excesses, and an utter moral vacuum that posed as corporate philosophy, led to top executives of America’s seventh largest corporation walking away with over one billion dollars while investors and employees lost everything. Narrated by Peter Coyote, this expose features insider accounts and incendiary corporate audio and videotapes that will have viewers’ blood boiling.

November 15    Matewan
Wingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and gun thugs; Black and Italian miners, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between the two forces. Union activist and ex-Wobbly Joe Kenehan, sent to help organize the union, determines to bring the local, Black, and Italian groups together. Drawn from an actual incident; the characters of Sid Hatfield, Cabell Testerman, C. E. Lively, and Few Clothes Johnson were based on real people.

Sponsored by the Roosevelt University Economics Department. For information contact jlapidus@roosevelt.edu