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System Crisis: A Brief History Of Crisis

Author
Dan Poulton
Date
21 April 2012
Type
Video
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Part one of System Crisis – a two-part series which examines the financial crisis, why it happened, how it affects ordinary people and what is being done about it

System Crisis

Written, produced and presented by Dan Poulton

See also: System Crisis part two: The Rise of Neoliberalism

Dan Poulton

Dan is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner.  His most recent documentary was The New Scramble For Africa and his documentaries have appeared regularly on the Islam Channel. He is an organiser for Counterfire and a regular contributor to Counterfire site.

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