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Summary The documentary series about the global economy from Adam McKay is hosted by Kal Penn.

Directed By: Lee Farber, David Laven

  • TV-MA
  • Prime Video
  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 43 m
  • TV-MA
  • Prime Video
  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 43 m
This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy
S1 • Episode 6
The Death Episode
Air Date: Feb 22, 2019
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Summary The documentary series about the global economy from Adam McKay is hosted by Kal Penn.

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Episode 1 • Feb 21, 2019 • 45 m
Money Laundering: A How to Guide
Episode 2 • Feb 22, 2019 • 39 m
Are Rich People Dicks or Do Dicks Get Rich
What is it about having a lot of money and a willingness to step over anyone to get more of it that seem to go together? Is there a correlation between "richness" and "dickness"?
Episode 3 • Feb 22, 2019 • 40 m
The Rubber Episode
What if planes couldn't land? Or trucks couldn't transport food? Without rubber, the economy as we know it ceases to exist. Kal Penn traces the path of rubber and uncovers a blind spot in the free market economy that's putting us at risk.
Episode 4 • Feb 22, 2019 • 40 m
A.I. is the Future. Will it Keep Us Around to Enjoy It?
Kal Penn meets meets artificial intelligence face-to-interface and gets an anus-puckering glimpse of how A.I. is learning - on its own - to self-drive the global economy straight into the next industrial revolution.
Episode 5 • Feb 22, 2019 • 45 m
Counterfeiting Kills Economies (And Helps Them Too)
Kal meets those in the fight against fakes, trying to save industries from the threat of bogus goods and terrorism. But he also learns that a symbiotic relationship between copycats and creators might be what lets economies thrive.
Episode 6 • Feb 22, 2019 • 43 m
The Death Episode
Death is our final destination and a real money-maker. Kal Penn dives into the death economy to learn the true value of a human life. Hitmen, judges, funeral directors and football fans all help Kal lay his burning questions to rest.
Episode 7 • Feb 22, 2019 • 42 m
Is Money Bullshit?
What is money, really? Kal Penn navigates a return to the barter system, the politics of the gold standard and the logic of fiat currency. He also untangles complexities of cryptocurrency and learns how to survive an economic apocalypse.
Episode 8 • Feb 22, 2019 • 41 m
A Global Corruption Tour

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