I recently watched all six hours of Com­mand­ing Heights; a great doc­u­men­tary that attempts to trace the rise of free mar­kets dur­ing the last cen­tury, as well as the process of glob­al­iza­tion. It acts almost like a primer on 20th cen­tury economics.

I have just re-discovered the PBS sup­ple­men­tary web­site for Com­mand­ing Heights and am suit­ably impressed with this infor­ma­tion rich resource. It’s not with­out accolades:

  • BAFTA for Best Achieve­ment in Online Education
  • One of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Web­sites of 2003
  • Two nom­i­na­tions for the 2003 Webby Awards from the Inter­na­tional Acad­emy of Dig­i­tal Arts and Sci­ences (Best Prac­tices and Best Broad­band Site)
  • I.D. Magazine’s 2003 Inter­ac­tive Media Design Review; Bronze Winner
  • 2002 Emmy Nom­i­na­tion (the only Web site nom­i­nated; inter­ac­tive television)