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To: maceng2 who wrote (264)	6/1/2003 8:00:58 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1417

Commanding Heights The New Rules Of The Game Thu 5 Jun, 11:35 pm-12:35 am bbc.co.uk The inside story of our new global economy. Based on the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, the series chronicles the battle for economic power, the struggle between governments and markets around the world, the turmoil and upheavals of economic reform, the emergence of a new era of globalisation, and the far-reaching debates about the shape of the world's economic future. Through remarkable interviews with world leaders and thinkers in twenty countries on five continents, the programme confronts the critical issues that have defined the wealth and fate of nations and will shape our lives in the twenty-first century. Tonight's edition tracks the explosive growth of the new world economy in the last decade. The programme examines the promise and the perils of the global economy in the 1990s, focusing on the story of US President Bill Clinton's embrace of free trade, the threat of global contagion, and the sometimes violent debate over globalisation that first surfaced in the Seattle protests. It confronts issues such as the impact of free trade on the developing world, the sometimes perilous effects of globalised economies, and the critical questions for the future, including the challenge of bringing the world's poor into the era of global growth. Cutting through the rhetoric to portray what globalisation really is and what it will mean in the twenty-first century, there are interviews with former President Bill Clinton, Chancellor Gordon Brown, President of Mexico Vicente Fox, Senior Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, and world renowned economists.

To: maceng2 who wrote (264)	6/23/2003 12:51:24 PM
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Daniel Yergin update from Raymond Duray. I thought the "Commanding Heights" an excellent introduction to the concerns surrounding the world economy in 2003. I enjoyed watching it and look forward to seeing the episode I missed on a re run. However, I did notice just a tad of bias on the program when presenting the Wests views of the free market in "Marx to Markets". I think the dramatized details of Magarete Thatcher, Ronald Regan, and derring doo of Soviet spies escaping to the West, showing the routes they ran etc slightly off subject. Like I was wondering if this was "spin" being applied as it were. I also thought the TV showing the guy with the full size portrait (was that J Sachs?) a bit much. Like it shows how much he thinks of himself. It focused too much on the portrait, and not enough one what the guy was saying imho. An input from Raymond Duray on Daniel Yergin. Message 19052385 Message 19053021 Not to say who is right, just add a little "balance" to the presentation -ggg-