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Dave Batker presents a humorous, edgy, factual, timely and highly-visual monologue about the American economy today, challenging the ways we measure economic success--especially the Gross Domestic Product... and offering an answer to the question...

What's the Economy for, Anyway?

Film Screening: What is the Economy For?

Premiere Screening in Malaysia

April 30th

8 till Late

Reviews:

"An irreverent and engaging film that will show you just [how] gross our measures of Gross Domestic Product really are. It's well designed for classroom use as well as a general audience. Send a copy to your favorite (and unfavorite) economists and to everyone you know who would like to make our economy a better place to live."

Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Author, The Invisible Heart

"Visionary...Now more than ever, it seems, we need to think about the economy, not as a force of nature but as something made by (and hopefully for) people...[What's the Economy for, Anyway?] does not just critique, it also imagines solutions--solutions that are working for millions of people in other countries...The film gives me the sense that we could control our economic and ecological destinies to a degree we never imagined.

New Labor Forum

David Batker completed his graduate training in economics under Herman Daly. Has has taught in the Training Department of the World Bank, and has worked for Greenpeace International, specializing in trade and international finance. He also worked for two years with the Rural Reconstruction Movement, a Philippine non-profit group dedicated to ecologically sound community-based development. Dave is the founder of Earth Economics - implementing better economic analysis to physically build a more sustainable, prosperous, and just economy. His work with the Earth Economics team includes measuring the value of wetlands for hurricane buffering, developing new account rules counting natural capital as flood protections infrastructure in flood planning, halting the export of hazardous wastes from rich to poor countries, advising the US government on greening 436,000 federal buildings and more. He has worked in over 40 countries and throughout the US.

"What's the Economy for, Anyway? is the best documentary I have ever seen. I marvel at how the producers were able to take such a complicated subject and present it in such a compelling and funny way. Watch and be inspired about how best to restore the American Dream."

Monique Tilford, Your Money or Your Life and former Director, Center for a New American Dream

"This is the news that everyone needs: you don't have to live in exactly the world you grew up in. What's the Economy for, Anyway? shows that there are other possibilities, and they're well worth considering. It's completely great!"

Bill McKibben, visiting professor at Middlebury College, Author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature

"GDP has long been an inadequate measure of how the American economy fares. While many follow the GDP, few know its origins or the implications of using such a simple measure to try and capture what's important to the quality of our lives. What's the Economy for, Anyway? takes on the critical question: how should we measure the success of the American economy? Readily accessible and immensely informative, this film will transform how many students and teachers alike think about the American economy."

Jody Heymann, MD, PhD, Director of the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy

"Smart and funny, right up the alley of today's students. I recommend it as an introduction to any discussion of the use of time and a balanced life."

Cathy O'Keefe, Professor, University of South Alabama