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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Commanding Heights !!!

One of the coolest things about b-school education is the new and novel ways in which knowledge is imparted to us.

It is best exemplified by Commanding Heights, a 6 hour long documentary which is a required part of a course in global economics or macro economics as it is more popularly known in b-schools around the globe.

Commanding Heights was shown to us during the coffee breaks and a marathon session during the term and believe it or not, we will actually be tested on it. This is the first time; I am being tested on a documentary and prefer this to copious amounts of reading material any day.

Commanding Heights is actually a fantastic piece of cinema. It is by far the best documentary I have seen in my life and beats popular documentaries such as “The corporation", “Fahrenheight 9/11” and "bowling for columbine" hollow. Highly recommended for anyone who would like to know more about the economy of the world and how it is evolved or wants to answer the question “What is Macro Economics??

The music, fantastic interviews and rare footage make for unbelievable viewing and were a pleasure, hope that we are continually treated and tested on masterpieces such as these, might make studying a pleasure....

4 Comments:

  • i am sure someone told me to read a book of the same name!

    By Blogger Alex, at 12:32 am  

  • if you enjoy macro economics, you might also consider reading road to serfdom by the famous Hayek

    By Blogger yashovardhan gupta, at 4:35 am  

  • You can actually download the entire series from PBS ... So you having fun with Macro aye ... wait till KK comes ... Saw you at the party last night ... Said hi to you , but you were a bit too happy with that hat of yours to notice I guess ;-)...

    By Blogger Ford Prefect, at 7:02 pm  

  • kk has come and gone, he is the one who introduced us to this, is he going to come back for some other course.

    we tried but couldnt download the entire series, the link is too slow.

    By Blogger yashovardhan gupta, at 6:53 pm  

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