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The Ultimate Resource: The People's Economy

12 minutes, 8 seconds

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"The Ultimate Resource: The People's Economy" examines China’s rapid economic transformation and the idea that people are a nation’s most valuable resource. Through examples from Shanghai, Suzhou Industrial Park, and the company Snail Game, the video explores free markets, trade, entrepreneurship, private business, foreign investment, competition, migration, and rising incomes. It also addresses economic inequality, rural poverty, corruption, labor conditions, and the relationship between economic and political freedom. Key concepts include market economy, industrial development, innovation, globalization, and opportunity. Relevant to social studies, economics, world geography, and contemporary world history curricula, this documentary provides context for understanding how policy changes and entrepreneurship can reshape a society. Part of the "The Ultimate Resource" series.

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Runtime: 12 minutes, 8 seconds

Chinese woman wearing a white blazer and oval glasses sits in a modern lobby. She's looking just off camera like she is in an interview. Caption. Sun Yan Yan as narrator. We provide a kind of platform-like facility.
The Ultimate Resource
Episode 4
12 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of an Indian woman wearing a gold head scarf and gold jewelry. She is smiling and looking off to her left. Caption. I might have rice for 1 meal, but not another.
The Ultimate Resource
Episode 1
13 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
African man looks past camera and off into the distance, standing in front of open ocean. Caption. Joshua Korlety has been fishing his entire life.
The Ultimate Resource
Episode 3
11 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man wearing a collared shirt and dark blazer speaks towards camera, standing in a busy outdoor marketplace in a plaza. Caption. They want to produce, buy, and sell things.
The Ultimate Resource
Episode 2
12 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12