Marx and Rockefeller on Capitalism

Series: Man and the State Series

Duration: 27

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Bernard Wilets

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes a dialogue between Karl Marx and John D. Rockefeller as they are temporarily brought back to life by a future society to debate the basic ideas of capitalism and communism. Questions are asked of the two about the capitalistic and socialistic systems and their views of the workers and society. Allows them a glimpse into the 1900s and has them debate the problems of the l970s as related to capitalism., Karl Marx and John D. Rockefeller are temporarily brought back to life by a future society to debate the basic ideas of communism and capitalism. They are given information that carries them up to the last quarter of the 20th century so that they can see how their philosophies evolved. The conflict between the ideas of these two men reflects the main social and economic tensions in the world today.

Complete Record: Dramatizes a dialogue between Karl Marx and John D. Rockefeller as they are temporarily brought back to life by a future society to debate the basic ideas of capitalism and communism. Questions are asked of the two about the capitalistic and socialistic systems and their views of the workers and society. Allows them a glimpse into the 1900s and has them debate the problems of the l970s as related to capitalism., Karl Marx and John D. Rockefeller are temporarily brought back to life by a future society to debate the basic ideas of communism and capitalism. They are given information that carries them up to the last quarter of the 20th century so that they can see how their philosophies evolved. The conflict between the ideas of these two men reflects the main social and economic tensions in the world today.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.