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System Error

Icarus Films • 1h 36m

Directed by Florian Opitz • Documentary • 2017 • 96 minutes

SYSTEM ERROR takes us from to the roots of the expectation of unlimited growth, particularly in the post-World War II years, to the financial crash of 2008 and beyond. Does the subsequent decade of simultaneous inequality, austerity, and soaring markets indicate that the system has become disconnected from reality? And by focusing on growth at all costs, have we created a system that is escaping our control and may destroy us?

"A very well-made film, with impressive cinematography and great interviews... It's perfect." —DLF Kultur

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20th century, agribusiness, agriculture and food, business, capitalism, doc, econjustice, economic history, economic theory, expository, finance, florian opitz, germany, history, icarus films, karl marx, labor and economics, late 20th century (world history), marxist economics, neoliberal economics, ovid, ovid_ca, political philosophy, politics and political science, s_0008, s_0037, s_0110, s_0187, s_0230, s_0448, s_0588, s_0627, speculation and debt, system error, the great recession (2008-2013), title_nopqrs, title_s

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