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Digital technology has made us smarter, faster, and more efficient. It has become the driving force of our economy-but at what cost? It's time to ask some tough questions about America's high-tech sector. This CNBC program does so by bringing together a panel of leaders and visionaries from the business community as well as academia and government, including Jay Adelson, former CEO of Digg, Inc.; Vivek Kundra, former U.S. Chief Information Officer;...
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Put a great entrepreneurial idea together with one or two hardworking people and you may just get a global business. This CNBC program shows how that happened with the following companies: Merlot Skin Care, founded by entrepreneur Wayne Beckley after he heard about the power of antioxidants in red wine and was convinced they could be utilized in topical form; Method, an eco-friendly cleanser manufacturer started by two friends who maxed out their...
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For 300 years after the conquistadors' triumph over the Aztecs, Mexico was the crown jewel of the Spanish colonial empire. But the injustices of the feudal system Spain had imposed together with the excesses of the Inquisition sparked the fires of revolution. This program returns to colonial Mexico, where the Catholic Church was the dominant force in daily life.
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This CNBC program profiles everyday people who have taken ordinary ideas and turned them into extraordinary businesses. Among the entrepreneurs and companies featured are SimplyShe, a women's lifestyle brand that expanded like wildfire when its founder added pet clothes to her line of products; Two Men and a Truck, once a small moving company that Mary Ellen Sheets took over from her sons, now earning $170 million a year; and Vita Coco, a beverage...
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With fresh water making up only 3 percent of the world's supply, are we looking at a global crisis in the making? Some say it's already upon us-whether for drinking, growing crops, or proper hygiene, shortages are emerging all over the planet. Studying the impact on our home front, this CNBC Original documentary travels to the American West, where seven states compete for water from the Colorado River Basin, as well as to Alaska and Wisconsin, both...
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ADHD may be defined as "developmentally inappropriate inattention and impassivity, with or without hyperactivity." Using case studies of boys between the ages of 4 and 12 in Britain and the U.S., Kids on Pills explores the conflicting opinions of psychiatrists and psychologists regarding Ritalin's use and whether the behavior displayed by children diagnosed with ADHD is caused by environmental factors or by a genuine brain disorder. Critical of the...
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Is higher education cultivating the next financial bubble? This CNBC Original documentary goes inside America's student loan industry - a seemingly benign system that could potentially echo the mortgage meltdown of recent years, since it displays little or no regard for a borrower's ability to repay. Viewers meet students, lenders, school administrators, and American families with firsthand knowledge of the brewing crisis - as well as U.S. Secretary...
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This episode of The Enforcers focuses on the Border Patrol, responsible for thwarting illegal immigration and smuggling into the world's wealthiest nation. Part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, this agency was created by a 1924 act of Congress and has grown from their early days of horse-and-buggy patrols to high-tech enforcement. The program takes us to the site of one of the busiest crossings.