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Director, Terre Nash ; producer, Kent Martin ; executive producer, Colin Neale, Don Haig ; cinematography, Susan Trow ; sound, Diane Carrière ; editing, Terre Nash, Markham Cook ; sound editing, Jackie Newell, Danuta Klis ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Serge Boivin ; music, Penny Lang, null Penguin Café Orchestra, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Jason Lang, Lance Neveu.

Recorded 1996.

In 1975, 22-year-old Marilyn Waring became the youngest member in the New Zealand Parliament. At the age of 24, she became Chairperson of the prestigious Public Expenditures Committee, which reviewed all the parliamentary budgets of her government. She travelled to over 35 countries in this capacity, and discovered that the rules which governed the finances of her own country were operating worldwide. By approaching politics from the viewpoint of an average citizen, Waring challenges the assumption that the systems that currently determine how the world does business are adequately meeting the needs of both local and global communities. Using plain language laced with ironic humour, Waring makes it clear that classic economics work to benefit one particular group, while the rest of us--the vast majority--pay the price.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).