The World(market)society
Film Night in the context of the 18th Karlsruhe Talks
Sat, February 15, 2014 7.30 pm CET, Film Screening

The cross-border trade with services and data is increasing, and human beings are becoming commodities. Market mechanisms continue to assert themselves, and the vision of a global society based on universal values is trampled underfoot − a mere illusion?

As part of the 18th Karlsruhe Talks, the film night goes in search of answers to the questions as to the chances and the risks that a »world(market)society« conceals.
 

PARADISIACAL?

Approximately 20 to 30 billion dollars are concealed in tax havens − an amount corresponding to two thirds of global debt. As a consequence of increasingly comprehensive tax dodging entire states are threatening to collapse: »Time Bomb Tax Dodge − When Will the System Collapse?«
 

PROFITABLE?

Agricultural lands are considered the most profitable form of investments in the 21st century. The scramble for prime agricultural lands in underdeveloped countries is enormous − and these continue to be sold in spite of the famines acutely endangering native populations: »Third World sellout?«
 

GOOD VALUE?

Globalization has long-since reached the sickroom. Whereas, in former times, cosmetic surgery and dental treatment were offered in Far East, the lure is now high-tech medicine at affordable prices: »My Bypass from Bangkok − The Health Tourism Business«.
 

ENLIGHTENED?

In 2002 Google began constructing a global library and entered into contract with the largest university libraries. Authors throughout the world subsequently began campaigning for their copyrights. »Google and the Power of Knowledge«: a film about the failed knowledge monopoly of the Internet giants.
 

Program

7:30 pm
PARADISIACAL?
Time Bomb Tax Dodge – When will the System collapse?
Dokumentary Film by Xavier Harel and Rémy Burkel
ARTE France 2013
9:15 pm
PROFITABLE?
Third World Sellout
Dokumenty Film by Alexis Marant
​ARTE France 2010
10:45 pm
GOOD VALUE?
My Bypass from Bangkok – The Health Tourism Business
Dokumentary by Wolfgang Luck
ARTE / ZDF 2009
11:45 pm
INSAITABLE?
Midnight Snack
Buffett
12:15 am
ENLIGHTENED?
Google and Power of Knowledge
Dokumentary Ffilm by Ben Lewis
ARTE / ZDF 2013
Website
18th Karlsruhe Talks [in German]
Organization / Institution
ARTE and ZAK | Center for Applied Cultural Science
Partners
A ccoperation by ARTE and ZAK as well as Studium Generale at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)