John Pilger examines globalisation through the case of Indonesia, a country the World Bank once held up as a 'model pupil' before its economy collapsed in 1998. Pilger traces how decisions made in London or Tokyo boardrooms ripple outward into unemployment in Jakarta or job growth in north-east England, using Indonesia's crash as the clearest evidence that the much-touted 'global village' runs on interdependence rather than equality. He interviews economists, officials, and workers caught on the losing end of structural adjustment, questioning the jargon of 'thinking globally' against what actually happened when foreign capital fled the country. The film widens out from Indonesia to the broader machinery of the World Bank and IMF, asking who writes the rules that supposedly govern everyone equally. Pilger's reporting style stays plain and direct: footage of factories, financial districts, and the people living with the consequences of decisions made far away. The film treats globalisation not as an abstract force but as a set of choices with identifiable winners and losers.