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Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

Warning: This film discusses and depicts mature subjects related to sex, sex trafficking and prostitution of people of various ages. Viewer discretion is advised. In this feature-length documentary, Marilyn Waring demystifies the language of economics by defining it as a value system in which all goods and activities are related only to their monetary value. As a result, unpaid work (usually performed by women) is unrecognized while activities that may be environmentally and socially detrimental are deemed productive. Waring maps out an alternative vision based on the idea of time as the new currency.
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Warning: This film discusses and depicts mature subjects related to sex, sex trafficking and prostitution of people of various ages. Viewer discretion is advised.

In this feature-length documentary, Marilyn Waring demystifies the language of economics by defining it as a value system in which all goods and activities are related only to their monetary value. As a result, unpaid work (usually performed by women) is unrecognized while activities that may be environmentally and socially detrimental are deemed productive. Waring maps out an alternative vision based on the idea of time as the new currency.

 This work contains scenes of nudity and/or sexuality. Viewer discretion is advised.
Foreign Countries Developing Countries Economics Women - Portraits Environment and Conservation Politics and Government Women All subjects
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  • director
    Terre Nash
  • editing
    Terre Nash
  • producer
    Kent Martin
  • executive producer
    Colin Neale
    Don Haig
  • cinematography
    Susan Trow
  • sound
    Diane Carrière
  • sound editing
    Jackie Newell
    Danuta Klis
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Serge Boivin
  • music
    Penny Lang
    Penguin Café Orchestra
    Brian Eno
    Daniel Lanois
    Jason Lang
    Lance Neveu
Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
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