As a member of the defense industry, a man recalls his memories throughout his work life. He encounters a former management and realizes how he and his employees are part of the greater picture in the world.

An aging factory worker faces a jarring surprise at work months before his retirement. As capitalism chugs along, employees get caught in its cogs.

A husband and wife from San Francisco are desperate for money to keep their start-up afloat. They seek out the help of one of the woman's past flames, who is now a wealthy marijuana farmer.

A restaurant owners tells a customer about a crazy client he once had.

A young boy tries to help his parents make money by selling ice cream at his mother's work at a Snow White Laundry. An accident with one of the machines causes chaos and the narrator is forced to leave.

On the Great Plains, an aging farmer and his wife struggle to sell their produce amid an increase in frozen food manufacturing. The farmer must figure out how to avoid the fate of his neighbors, who were pushed out of business and into welfare dependence.

A day in the life of a businessman consists of questioning the meaning of life and closing in on a dangerous business venture in the midst of WWII.

A liquor seller living in Rock City tries to explain why he is home so late after making a delivery to the observatory at an unusual hour.

Workers at an American franchise restaurant located in southern China learn of the different ways American capitalism exploits them and creates food waste, leading them to rebel against their bosses.

Facing two unwilling booksellers in a bankruptcy case, a lawyer is forced to reckon with arson and a faked death.