Dr. StrangeGov Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Deficit (2025)
A satirical exposé on the proverbial bogeyman looming over our current understanding of Australian economics: the budget deficit.
Released 2025-07-11T00:00:00.000Z · 5 min · Documentary
Languages: English (original), English (spoken)
Dr. StrangeGov Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Deficit is a light-hearted and satirical documentary that exposes how Australia’s monetary system works. Tackling how money is created in both the private and public sector, Dr. StrangeGov delves into the critical role of the budget deficit in modern Australian economics and how it has been misrepresented within the media. Through elaborate and jovial visual analogies, the documentary recontextualises the Australian economy, providing the tools to understand complex economic concepts in an amusing and fun manner, and as a result, exposing why we should stop worrying and love the deficit
Cast
Crew
| Dane Ferguson | Directing | First Assistant Director |
| Eleanor Miller | Production | Production Designer |
| Jacob Lea | Sound | Sound Recordist |
| Jacob Lea | Sound | Sound Designer |
| Jayden Hall | Lighting | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Lavanya Wickramasinghe | Crew | Title Graphics |
| Lavanya Wickramasinghe | Editing | Editor |
| Lavanya Wickramasinghe | Camera | Still Photographer |
| Lavanya Wickramasinghe | Visual Effects | Animation |
| Madeleine hill | Lighting | Gaffer |
| Madeleine hill | Editing | Colorist |
| Madeleine hill | Crew | Cinematography |
| Max Windsor | Production | Producer |
| Toby Rabinowitz | Crew | Title Graphics |
| Toby Rabinowitz | Art | Assistant Production Design |
| Toby Rabinowitz | Writing | Writer |
| Toby Rabinowitz | Directing | Director |
| Toby Rabinowitz | Visual Effects | Animation |
Titles
Dr. StrangeGov Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Deficit · MMT · Modern Money Theory