Who protects the worker?

United States, 1979

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Episode number 8 of Series “Free to choose”.
Trade unions, claims Milton Friedman, benefit members at other workers’ expense; government employees gain higher wages at the expense of the taxpayer. Higher wages and better working conditions would result from a free labor market. Suitable for middle and upper secondary, and tertiary levels.

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director

Graham Massey

producer

Michael Latham

production company

Video Arts

Duration

00:28:30:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

Appears in

Free to choose

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Free to choose

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ACMI Identifier

507254

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economics - Study and teaching

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economists

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor and laboring classes

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor movement

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Wages

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Economics - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → Labor movement

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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