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Economics at the Movies - Manufactured Landscapes

Geoff Riley

19th October 2010

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This is a stunning and unforgettable film released in 2006. Documentary maker Ed Burtynsky focuses on areas transformed by human activity. The first scene reveals a Chinese factory with 23,000 employees, whom make most of the world’s irons. The scale of the enterprise is breath-taking – I have used this film when teaching division of labour, economies of scale, aspects of trade and globalisation, the rise of Chinese manufacturing, business ethics and I am sure you can think of many other parts of the course where sections can be used as vivid illustrations.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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