- Title: F-9918
- Summary: MONEY TALKS: CASE FOR COMPETITION: BORING TALKING HEAD. DR. JOHN COLEMAN EXPLAINS THAT COMPETITION BEGETS LOWER PRICES, PROVIDES GREATER VARIETY OF PRODUCTS AND IS GENERALLY FAVORABLE TO ALL CONSUMERS. EXAMINS HOW GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS MIGHT VIEW FOUR SUBJECTS OUTSIDE THE AREA OF COMPETITION: MONOPOLY, LABOR, PROFITS AND SUBSIDIES - AND ILLUSTRATES A SELF-FULLING PROPHECY: IF BUSINESS BELIEVES THAT GOVERNMENT IS ANTI-BUSINESS, BUSINESS WILL BECOME ANTI-GOVERNMENT. THUS THE "CLIMATE" BETWEEN THE TWO CAN DETERMINE HOW WELL AMERICA WILL ACHIEVE STABLE PRICES, FULL EMPLOYMENT, CONTINUED GROWTH AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. ECONOMIST USES VISUALS TO MAKE HIS POINT MADE. TALKING HEAD LECTURER. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS. ECONOMIC SYSTEM TAT USES COMPETITION IMAGINARY. PRODUCT OF TV ON WRIST WATCH. COMPETITION IN THE MARKET PLACE. CONSUMER HAS CHOICE. ANTI-TRUST LAWS. EXAMINS CASE BETWEEN YOUNGS TOWN STEEL AND BETHLEHEM STEEL. WHO WANTED TO MERGE COMPANIES. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND LABOR UNIONS. STEEL COMPANY PROPOSED INCREASE IN PRICE OF STEEL IN SPRING OF 1961. REFERENCE TO "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" CAUCUS RACE. GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GRAPH. DAVID SCHOENBRUN SHOWS RESULT OF GALLUP POLL TO THE QUESTION "IS JFK ANTI-BUSINESS?" RESULTS SHOW THAT IT'S MORE OF A POLITICAL ISSUE THAT A BUSINESS ISSUE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-9918