Simon....Not the one in BC. I don't think you watched all of it! I thought the same at first...But seriously...Watch all of it! It's actually brilliant!

It is a lie and a myth that government cannot do anything properly and and an equal lie and myth that only free enterprise can. There is equal corruption and ineptitude and success and creativity in both institutions. We will be ruled by one or the other. Which do you choose - a government that you elect and can throw out if it fails you and whose purpose is build a just society or private corporations whose only purpose is the enrichment of a few and who care nothing for justice or civil rights or the well being of the people but in fact see these as impediments to their own selfish ambition? I'm not talking communism or even socialism, just well regulated and taxed capitalism with a government that truly reflects the people. The Europeans sometimes have it right with what they call Social Democracy. And I'm not talking about a nanny state where creativity is smothered just the enforcement by government of basic common sense laws and the provision of a basic social safety net. Do you think the ravages of poverty, the crime and drugs and lost lives and ruined childhoods that perpetuate poverty is cheaper than that???

No Christopher..it is called NEOCONSERVATISM! 20 of the past 28 years of GOP administrations have caused the mess we are in now. Hopefully we have learned our lesson...quit listening to the rich white man who only cares for himself. Everyone else suffers,poor whites,minorities and the working class in general. It will be a miracle if Obama can clean up this ***storm created by the most ignorant,vile,greedy man to ever lead this country...W.

Seems to me that game theory is based on a pessimistic view of the world. How will the math equations work from an optimistic point of view?

This ideology is called neoliberalism, the biggest scam on our world economy.

simon, I must ask you, If you plan to give all the powers you speak of below to the government,do you think that promotes what is right for the individual, or does it promote group think and general laziness and sloth among the people?

George Orwell, Michel Foucault and Stanley Kubrick: they have tried to tell this things in a more creatively way than a documentary. Nevertheless it's interesting.

No matter how great, noble or altruistic its intent, the GOVERNMENT CAN NEVER EXECUTE ANYTHING WELL
Because they are bureaucracies without incentive to do well
In fact, if you as an individual try to do well in a government environment you will make everyone angry at you for a host of reasons

This strikes me as right wing garbage. Government is best when government is making life better for it's people e.g. health, education, welfare, justice, safety in products we consume, air we breath etc. Who would argue with any of that? And that was the purpose of government until Reagan and Thatcher decided that greed alone was the only virtue. It wasn't chaos in the 60s when people were demonstrating and even rioting for civil and human rights and against war and corporate greed - that was true freedom. Reagan and Thatcher ended all of that. The best people and probably the majority of people really are altruistic and would rather work for the common good. Instead we have put the greedy psycho and sociopaths in charge, how are we enjoying that so far? This is propaganda.
Ah - I see by the end of part one that this series is going to agree with me, ok, on to part 2!

Good movie dude