Barack Obama: The oligarchs’ president

From Charles Ferguson, the director of “Inside Job”

Nearly two years later, the Obama administration has established a clear record. Beginning almost immediately, the president consistently opposed any effort to control financial industry compensation — even for firms receiving federal aid, as most were in 2009. Then came a long period of total inaction, [...]

Inside Job, the movie. A must-see

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The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. [...]

‘Inside Job’ filmmaker hopes it sends banksters to prison

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Excerpts from a Fast Company interview with Charles Ferguson of Inside Job. The movie looks to be hard-hitting but we need to understand that the fix is in at a very high level indeed.

You’re pretty hard on Clinton in this film. What happened under his watch that paved the way for the [...]