The film also examines how Amazon’s constant analysis of its customer’s buying habits is raising queries into privacy issues. What filmmakers convey is how Amazon has ingrained itself into the consumer psyche and the impact it’s had on other online and physical retailers. The PBS program utilizes interviews with company insider’s past and present to lend insight into Amazon’s daunting expansion of power.

As Holmes sought to market her company to investors, industry regulators and journalists began to suspect her claims. The ensuing investigations revealed the seedy underside of Theranos and the practices it used to woo investors. The fallout from the collapse of the firm affects more than the reputation of Elizabeth Holmes. It may also forever change the way medical technology is marketed.

The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley investigates the unravelling of the Theranos saga, examining those responsible for the deception and how they carried it out.

The documentary takes a political and economic microscope to the atmosphere just before, during, and after the end of the 2008 market decline. With exclusive interviews from politicians, entrepreneurs, and leaders of the big banks, the story unfolds itself into gritty layers of a complex socioeconomic mashup.

US Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama give their account of the crisis that occurred during their delicate transition of power. Members of Congress Nancy Pelosi and Judd Gregg discuss their efforts to stabilize the economy and support an American people on the brink of destitution. Included are perspectives from the likes of investment guru Warren Buffet and the former head of Goldman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein.

This documentary claims that the City of London Corporation and its financial institutions have harmed the global economy since the 1960s, and that the UK is at the heart of this secrecy and corruption. Co-produced by the Tax Justice Network, a group that analyses and advocates around the issue of international finance and tax havens, the film features former insiders, academics and campaigners to reveal how secrecy has prevailed over transparency in the global financial industry.

With a knack for numbers and an irrepressible charm, Buffet has managed to mesmerise the world with his genius for predicting the future of markets and products. Keeping an eclectic group of friends around him, as well as people who have known him for decades, he has applied his wisdom to philanthropic projects also. With a plan to give practically all of his fortune away, he has inspired fascination across the globe.

Filmed with the full cooperation of the Buffet family, the documentary features interviews with the man himself and family members who discuss not only his business and investing side, but also his personal life and the relationships he has with those around him.

Initially dismissed as unsafe and of interest only to criminals, Bitcoin has seen its exchange rate going up and up, and banks and governments have started taking notice that it is an invention they cannot ignore. This documentary investigates the history of bitcoin, how it works, and what its future holds.

The film explains how money today is created from nothing when banks create debt, the governments influence on this process, and its inflationary impact. It also explores whether Bitcoin is a viable alternative to fiat currency, if it will revolutionise peer-to-peer financial transactions, or whether it will just be a tool for criminal activity. Is it the next big thing in money, or just a passing trend?

Presenter Jacques Peretti tracks the financial inequality that developed in the UK throughout the late twentieth century. He interviews billionaires who open up about how policies allow them to protect their wealth. Furthermore, The Super-Rich and Us argues that the policies that benefit the wealthy have a wider, negative impact on the country’s lower- and middle-classes.

The film, directed by Michael Matheson Miller, features interviews with over 200 people from 20 different countries. Its main point indicates that charitable giving of food and clothing to impoverished places is an appropriate emergency response but unrealistic to sustain long-term. Charitable aid provided by first world countries actually harms third world economies by encouraging reliance on assistance.

The documentary argues that a better approach to solving poverty would be to teach the poor how to provide for themselves by gaining a skill or crafting a needed product. The question remains that if this cycle continues, who stands to gain from the model of “fixing” poverty with charity: the poor or the aiding country?

In the 1990s, Japan experienced an economic crash during which the stock market dipped by 80% and house prices rose by 84%. This film reveals the true cause of this extraordinary period in Japanese history, demonstrating how its central bankers deliberately engineered the country’s boom and bust. Moreover, it reveals that the same phenomenon is repeating itself in Europe.