(2026, 63 minutes)

How capitalism is presented in mainstream college economics courses: labor is presented as if made for the market, as a commodity like any other; capitalist firms are modeled to show they make no profits!; distribution (of income and wealth) is presented as based on productivity, there is no unearned income, no exploitation, no extraction. “The Utopian Theory of Capitalism” is a darkly humorous educational film that reveals how very far mainstream economics education is from reality. It is an ironic and visually lively, fast paced political documentary that exposes mainstream economics’ circular argument for the fairness of economic distribution, and its mind-boggling story of capitalist firms that make no profits.