The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom The Lonely Robot (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

The Lonely Robot (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary

"Only two groups in society actually behave in a rational self-interested way in all experimental situations: one is economist themselves, the other is psychopaths."

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Mar 18, 2007 (United Kingdom)

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Tony Blair Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Force of Nature (2022)
James M. Buchanan Self (as Professor James Buchanan) Self (as Professor James Buchanan) See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Stephen Byers Self Self See fewer	A Girl's Best Friend (2003)
Napoleon A. Chagnon Self (as Napoleon Chagnon) Self (as Napoleon Chagnon) See fewer	The Ax Fight (1975)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Irish Potato Famine
Chelsea Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Derry Girls (2018)
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	State of Terror (I)
Adam Curtis Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Richard Dawkins Self (archive footage) (as Professor Richard Dawkins) Self (archive footage) (as Professor Richard Dawkins) See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Brian Ferguson Self (as Professor Brian Ferguson) Self (as Professor Brian Ferguson) See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Thomas Frank Self Self See fewer	Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
Alan Greenspan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman (2007)
Arthur Levitt Self Self See fewer	Torte Bluma (2005)
John Major Self Self See fewer	The Major Years (1999)
John Maynard Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Animal Behavior (1998)
Paul McHugh Self Self See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Philip Mirowski Self (as Professor Philip Mirowski) Self (as Professor Philip Mirowski) See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
John Nash Self Self See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Tom Peters Self Self See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Kevin Phillips Self Self See fewer	American Secrets
Robert Reich Self Self See fewer	America Is Sinking (2023)
Robert Rubin Self Self See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Itzhak Sharav Self (as Itzhaz Sharav) Self (as Itzhaz Sharav) See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Alastair Sim Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Christmas Carol (1951)
Robert Spitzer Self (as Dr. Robert Spitzer) Self (as Dr. Robert Spitzer) See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
James Strachan Self Self See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Marc Summers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Florida Project (2017)
Jerome Wakefield Self (as Dr. Jerome Wakefield) Self (as Dr. Jerome Wakefield) See fewer	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)