In Debt We Trust. America Before the Bubble Burst
Description
In this classic program, produced two years before the financial collapse of 2008, investigative journalist Danny Schechter predicts a 1929-like stock market crash due to the large amount of personal debt carried by so many Americans, and the fact that the nation's money supply is controlled by so few. Schechter outlines the specific factors he believes will lead to economic catastrophe: predatory credit card companies that target vulnerable customers such as students, the poor, and returning war veterans; exorbitant interest rates, especially on homeowners' loans; and banking industry lobbyists who succeeded in making it harder for ordinary people to obtain bankruptcy protection. The documentary stands as a fascinating exploration of manipulative lending practices filmed at a time when the subprime-loans fiasco was just starting to make the news.
Runtime
90 min
Subjects
- Macroeconomics (317)
- Political planning (192)
- Policy sciences (61)
- Business ethics (382)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 (35)
- Public policy (69)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2006
Database
Films on Demand
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