The end of the beginning?
By: produced and directed by Adam Salkeld
Contributors: Strahan, David; British Broadcasting Corporation; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Economic history; Economic forecasting
Other titles: End or the beginning? : ; Wealth-building, 1945 to 2300; Road to riches (Television program)
Description: Asks whether, just as there was once a time without wealth, might there come a time without poverty? Scrutinizes the attempts by Great Britain, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and Tanzania to stabilize and recharge their economies during the last half-century. Presents interviews with citizens who have lived through both good times and bad, which reveal the mixed results of governmental and institutional efforts to raise their standards of living. Looks ahead to the year 2300 and makes intriguing predictions as to the state of the world's economy.
Notes: Originally broadcast as an episode of the BBC television program The road to riches.

Narrator, David Strahan.

DVD-R.