What's the Economy for, Anyway? (film chapters)

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	Film Chapters		Additional Resources by Chapter
	Act One - Introduction	Like the film? Then check out our new book What’s the Economy for, Anyway? Read David Batker’s Bio and Meet the Staff of Earth Economics Audio Recording of Robert F. Kennedy’s Kansas State University Address Transcript of Robert F. Kennedy’s Kansas State University Address
	Act Two - The GDP	Check out how the U.S. GDP compares to other major countries Article by “The Guardian” on French President Sarkozy’s  stance on GDP
	Act Three - Quality of Life	How does the U.S. measure up on Unicef’s “Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries”? “Can Working Families Ever Win?” a Boston Review article on work-life balance by Jody Heymann The Project on Global Working Families Seattle Quality of Life Group "The way we're working isn't working" TEDTalk by Tony Schwartz
	Act Four - Health	“How does the United States Compare?” Health Data from the OECD Life Expectancies from the CIA World Factbook “Europe Healthier than US” an article from the LA Times Did you know? Health Facts from Michael Moore’s documentary & book Sicko “Sick Around the World” a Frontline special on how our health care system measures up to the rest of the world New York Times Coverage on Health Care Reform in the U.S.
	Act Five - Happiness	Gallup’s “Well-Being Report Card” Where’s the happiest place on Earth? Forbes has an answer The Happy Planet Index Seattle Happiness Project Radio Interview with John de Graaf The Happiness Project
	Act Six - Security	“How to Achieve True Job Security” by George James “7 Jobs for Job Security in a Recession” by Liz Wolgemuth
	Act Seven - Time	“The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict” a report by the Center for American Progress Take Back Your Time “The end of the forty hour work week” an article from MSN Money
	Act Eight - The Greatest Number	Yahoo Finance: “Countries with the Biggest Gap Between Rich & Poor” Which CEO’s have salaries 400 times that of an average worker? “When Children Are Caught In the Cycle of Poverty” and article from the New York Times
	Act Nine - Sustainability	Global Footprint Network What’s Your Ecological Footprint? One Planet DC Story of Stuff Project Climate Crisis: Information on An Inconvenient Truth and global warming
	Act Ten - Ancient History	Check out some background on the 1920’s PBS Great Depression Timeline
	Act Eleven - Modern History	Information on the Civil Rights Movement from CNN Learn more about Earth Day What is Supply Side Economics? Say What? Grover Norquist and the “bathtub” government “End of the Ownership Society” a Newsweek article
	Act Twelve - Financial Crisis	BBC Recession Timeline Economic Policy Institute find that the “Economy’s Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers’ Paychecks”
	Act Thirteen - What's Next?	“Maryland Launches Genuine Progress Indicator” an article by Yes Magazine “What is GPI?”