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Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

The Battle of Ideas (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Director
Writers
William Cran (written by) | Daniel Yergin (written by)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 2002

Release date
2002 (United States)
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63 cast members
Name Known for
David Ogden Stiers
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Kenneth Baker
Self - Conservative Minister 1981-92 Self - Conservative Minister 1981-92   See fewer
Gary Becker
Self - Professor, University of Chicago Self - Professor, University of Chicago   See fewer
Tony Benn
Self - Labor Candidate 1945 Self - Labor Candidate 1945   See fewer
Alfred Bosch
Self - Economist & Friend of Hayek Self - Economist & Friend of Hayek   See fewer
Stephen G. Breyer
Self - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (as Justice Stephen Breyer) Self - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (as Justice Stephen Breyer)   See fewer
Gordon Brown
Self - Labor Finance Minister Self - Labor Finance Minister   See fewer
Ken Capstick
Self - National Union of Miners Self - National Union of Miners   See fewer
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Barbara Castle
Self - Labor MP 1945-79 Self - Labor MP 1945-79   See fewer
Dick Cheney
Self (as Richard B. Cheney) Self (as Richard B. Cheney)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lucius D. Clay
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Meghnad Desai
Self - Professor, London School of Economics Self - Professor, London School of Economics   See fewer
Spencer Eccles
Self - Banker, Salt Lake City Self - Banker, Salt Lake City   See fewer
Ludwig Erhard
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Milton Friedman
Self - Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Self - Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago   See fewer
John Kenneth Galbraith
Self - Professor Emeritus, Harvard University Self - Professor Emeritus, Harvard University   See fewer
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Self (archive footage) (as Mahatma Gandhi) Self (archive footage) (as Mahatma Gandhi)   See fewer
Mark Garnett
Self - Keith Joseph Biographer Self - Keith Joseph Biographer   See fewer
Judith Hamill
Self - Administrator, Chicago O'Hare Airport Self - Administrator, Chicago O'Hare Airport   See fewer
Arnold Harberger
Self - Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago (as Al Harberger) Self - Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago (as Al Harberger)   See fewer
Ralph Harris
Self - Institute of Economic Affairs Self - Institute of Economic Affairs   See fewer
Laurence Hayek
Self - Son of Friedrich von Hayek Self - Son of Friedrich von Hayek   See fewer
Edward Heath
Self (archive footage) (as Ted Heath) Self (archive footage) (as Ted Heath)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Keith Joseph
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Alfred Kahn
Self - Civil Aeronautics Board 1977-78 Self - Civil Aeronautics Board 1977-78   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Maynard Keynes
Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound)   See fewer
Freddy Laker
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) Self (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin)   See fewer
Lawrence B. Lindsey
Self - Economic Advisor to President Bush (as Larry Lindsey) Self - Economic Advisor to President Bush (as Larry Lindsey)   See fewer
Jawaharlal Nehru
Self (archive footage) (as Pandit Nehru) Self (archive footage) (as Pandit Nehru)   See fewer
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Cecil Parkinson
Self - Conservative Minister 1981-83, 1987-89 Self - Conservative Minister 1981-83, 1987-89   See fewer
Samuel Peltzman
Self - Professor, University of Chicago (as Sam Peltzman) Self - Professor, University of Chicago (as Sam Peltzman)   See fewer
Charles Powell
Self - Foreign Affairs Advisor 1983-91 Self - Foreign Affairs Advisor 1983-91   See fewer
Karl Otto Pöhl
Self - President, German Central Bank 1980-91 (as Karl Otto Pohl) Self - President, German Central Bank 1980-91 (as Karl Otto Pohl)   See fewer
Jairam Ramesh
Self - Government Advisor 1996-98 Self - Government Advisor 1996-98   See fewer
Kenneth Randall
Self - Chairman, FDIC 1964-70 Self - Chairman, FDIC 1964-70   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Redwood
Self - Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1983-85 Self - Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1983-85   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jeffrey Sachs
Self - Professor, Harvard University Self - Professor, Harvard University   See fewer
Arthur Scargill
Self - National Union of Miners (archive footage) Self - National Union of Miners (archive footage)   See fewer
George Shultz
Self - Professor, University of Chicago 1957-68 (as George Schultz) Self - Professor, University of Chicago 1957-68 (as George Schultz)   See fewer
Manmohan Singh
Self - Minister of Finance 1991-96 Self - Minister of Finance 1991-96   See fewer
Robert Skidelsky
Self - Keynes Biographer Self - Keynes Biographer   See fewer
Darren Smith
Self - Farmer Self - Farmer   See fewer
Robert Solow
Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT   See fewer
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin)   See fewer
Joseph Stanislaw
Self - Co-Author, Commanding Heights Self - Co-Author, Commanding Heights   See fewer
Lawrence Summers
Self - President, Harvard University Self - President, Harvard University   See fewer
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Nigel Vinson
Self - Institute of Economic Affairs Self - Institute of Economic Affairs   See fewer
Paul Volcker
Self - Federal Reserve Board 1979-87 Self - Federal Reserve Board 1979-87   See fewer
Friedrich von Hayek
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Daniel Yergin
Self - Co-Author, Commanding Heights Self - Co-Author, Commanding Heights   See fewer
David Young
Self - Conservative Minister 1984-89 Self - Conservative Minister 1984-89   See fewer
Albert Zlabinger
Self - Economist Self - Economist   See fewer
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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