We The Economy

We The Economy Free App

Rated 4.64/5 (69) —  Free Android application by Vulcan Technologies, LLC

About We The Economy

You’ve never seen the US economy in quite this way. Award­-winning directors and leading economic experts team up for a MUST SEE, incredible short­ film series that tackles 20 essential questions about our economy through comedy, animation, music, and dance. This interactive experience will leave you saying to your friends...WOW, I AM THE ECONOMY!

This experience includes:
• 20+ fantastic short films produced by some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
• Quizzes and facts that let you test your economic IQ against other WTE users.
• Directors photos, bios, perspectives & interviews.
• Behind the scenes photos from each of the films, early animations, and bonus video from top economic experts.
• Innovative infographics and "box-score" visualizations of real-time economic data.

Directors include: Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes, Goodbye Solo), Bob Balaban (Gosford Park, The Exonerated), Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost trilogy), Jon M. Chu (Step Up, G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Marshall Curry (Street Fight, If a Tree Falls), Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp, Detropia), Adrian Grenier (Entourage, How To Make Money Selling Drugs), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen), Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol), Chris Henchy (The Campaign, The Other Guys), Lee Hirsch (Bully, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony), Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli, Menace II Society), Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Life Itself), Barbara Kopple (Harlan County USA, American Dream), Shola Lynch (Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Chisholm ’72), Adam McKay (Anchorman, Funny or Die), Jehane Noujaim (The Square, Control Room), James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), Morgan Spurlock (CNN’s Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man, Super Size Me), Miao Wang (Beijing Taxi, Yellow Ox Mountain), and Jessica Yu (Last Call at the Oasis, In the Realms of the Unreal).

Actors include: Bob Balaban (Gosford Park), Annalise Basso (Occulus), Kerry Bische (Argo), Brooke Bloom (50/50), Marylouise Burke (Sideways), Mo Collins (MADtv), Laura Ceron (E.R.), Maddie Corman (Begin Again), Susie Essman (Bolt), Judah Friedlander (30 Rock), Nancy Giles (Working Girl), Michael Gladis (Mad Men), Adam Goldberg (Saving Private Ryan), Adrian Grenier (Entourage), Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World), Peter Jacobson (House M.D.), Will Janowitz (Taking Woodstock), Cynthia Kaplan (Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same), Philip Labes (The Mindy Project), Ivan Mallon (The Ultimate Life), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), David James Palmer (Deadly Sins), Jimmy Palumbo (The Family), Ben Rameaka (Wolf of Wall Street), Besanya Santiago (The Blacklist), Christopher Spurrier (Four One Nine), Lili Taylor (The Conjuring) and Isaiah Washington (Grey’s Anatomy).

Voice-over artists include: Maria Bamford (The Maria Bamford Show), Billy Eichner (What Happens In Vegas), Shad “Da Beast” Gaspard (professional wrestler), Tony Hale (Veep), Erin Jackson (Exhale, Last Comic Standing), Phil LaMarr (Futurama, MADtv), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Jayson Anthony Paul a/k/a JTG (professional wrestler), Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids), Andy Richter (Elf), Rob Riggle (The Hangover) and Sarah Silverman (The Muppets).

Featured Economic Experts: Dean Baker (co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research), Yoram Bauman (economist and author, The Cartoon Book of Macroeconomics), Jodi Beggs (educator and economics professor, Northeastern University), Adam Davidson (co-founder and host, NPR’s “Planet Money”), John Steele Gordon (author, An Empire of Wealth), Neil Irwin (senior economic correspondent, New York Times and author, The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire), Greg Ip (U.S. economics editor, The Economist, and author, The Little Book of Economics), Markus Koch (financial journalist, N-TV), Annalyn Kurtz (business and economics reporter), and Diane Lim (senior economist, Pew Charitable Trusts).

How to Download / Install

Download and install We The Economy version 1.0.2-53 on your Android device!
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App History & Updates

What's Changed
*NEW FILM ADDED - MONKEY BUSINESS*
Filmmaker Shola Lynch chats with economists from across the political spectrum to help explain the causes of economic inequality, with help from a couple of mammalian friends.
• Updated Education section with additional content and more resources
• New Topics section enables you to explore the films by their topic
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
Version update We The Economy was updated to version 1.0.2-53
More downloads  We The Economy reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about We The Economy

C70%
by C####:

A must see for everyone. Joe Berlinger is great on the Aljazera America new channel show "The System"

C70%
by C####:

i love using this app. I gives knowledge in amazing ways. Only thing i miss is subtitles, can it be provided?

K70%
by K####:

It's very outstanding questions and everyone can understand early how economy is effective in our daily lives. Hargeisa, Somaliland

D70%
by D####:

Black

H70%
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Awesome

C70%
by C####:

I love this, it even has Chromecast functionality. My only complaint would be that I only found out about it now, and completely by chance, on Netflix by searching for econ.

N70%
by N####:

I am just as impressed by the intuitive, beautiful, easy to navigate packaging as I am by the polished, easy to understand messaging

C70%
by C####:

Vry gud 1..

M70%
by M####:

Love it

B70%
by B####:

It's very outstanding questions and everyone can understand early how economy is effective in our daily lives. Hargeisa, Somaliland

T70%
by T####:

Wow nice step to teach ...... hope it gets update for many other topics as well..

V70%
by V####:

This is super cute. I thought it would be too basic and that I wouldn't learn anything, but it was only the first two episodes that were slow. From there it's been entertaining and creative and I'm learning!

O70%
by O####:

Delivers what it promises

M70%
by M####:

Nice app. Very creative..

M70%
by M####:

Helpful & educational

D70%
by D####:

Nice videos

D70%
by D####:

This is brilliant - we need more educational materials like this around finance =)

D70%
by D####:

A must see for everyone. Joe Berlinger is great on the Aljazera America new channel show "The System"

M70%
by M####:

It's very outstanding questions and everyone can understand early how economy is effective in our daily lives. Hargeisa, Somaliland

P70%
by P####:

Awesome


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