Product Details

• Actors: Chris Martenson
• Directors: Chris Martenson
• Writers: Chris Martenson
• Producers: Chris Martenson
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: CreateSpace
• DVD Release Date: March 5, 2009
• Run Time: 203 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001ULDK8W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,654 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening, November 18, 2009

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A. Robalik - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crash Course by Chris Martenson (DVD)

Please don't buy this DVD if you wish to continue blithely on in your current way of doing things, without regard to how the future is likely to be radically different from the present. This documentary, a 3-hour information download of immense proportions, will eviscerate your conceptions of reality, growth, money, and energy. This is probably the most important film you could watch this year, or next, or the next... and if you wait any longer than that, you might be in trouble.

The Crash Course opens with an in-depth discussion of our monetary system, as well as important concepts like the exponential function, debt, and growth. What really brought it home for me was the chapter on US government statistical manipulation. As a practicing urban planner, I hadn't realized till then how much faith I'd placed in the honesty of those statistics (like GDP, CPI [inflation], the unemployment rate, etc.). For example, despite the fact that the "official" unemployment rate, circa November 2009, is reported at just over 10% in the US, there's good reason to believe the actual unemployment rate to be north of 20%. Oh, and did you know that our economy has been in a prolonged recession/depression for the past 10 years, of which the current "recession" is but the second dip? I've watched this chapter several times since that first viewing, and double-checked his information elsewhere. Very disturbing.

Go to [...] to see the chapter listing and to read more about the Crash Course and its creator, Chris Martenson. (I wasn't paid for this, I just think the Crash Course is really important! To prove it: you can go to that link and watch the entire DVD online for FREE, as well as the much-shortened 45-minute version, although it obviously won't be as convenient or comfortable as in front of a TV.)

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Upcoming Disaster" for dummies., November 15, 2010

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Cheeseboy (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crash Course by Chris Martenson (DVD)

If you agree with Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, and others concerning the cliff our economy has just driven over, then you really need to watch this video.

I've watched this twice now. I can't say I've "enjoyed" it (after all, consider the subject matter) - but I've never seen anything as clear and well explained as this video.

It is a bit long, but that's because it's absolutely packed with information. And from start to finish, the information is presented clearly and with lots of easy-to-understand examples - it's easy (and not boring) to follow it all the way through. He speaks to the average person - not over your head like so many other financial experts. He actually makes financial information interesting.

One thing that I appreciated is the un-emotional way he presented the information. Also appreciated that he's very clear to notify you when something is his opinion - and I think he only states his "opinion" 3 times throughout the whole video.

Highly, highly recommended. I've already written to all my friends telling them to watch this, and thought I'd post here as a follow-up.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must see, March 29, 2010

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C. Katrakis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crash Course by Chris Martenson (DVD)

As the other reviews state, this is a must-see video presentation that will blow your mind. However, if you don't want to spend the money on a physical copy, you can always watch the Crash Course for free from Dr. Martenson's website / YouTube channel.