| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 59 min.) |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Credits |
Edited by Ray Nowosielski ; music, Polarity/1. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2010. |
| Summary |
Exposing the forces responsible for the loss of trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, massive foreclosures and the disappearance of retirement funds, Plunder: The Crime of Our Time investigates the unregulated fraud and theft that led to the market's collapse in fall 2008. Filmmaker Danny Schechter, Emmy Award-winning former ABC News and CNN producer, explores the epidemic of subprime mortgages, predatory lending, insurance scams, and high-risk hedge funds to illustrate the connection between the housing market and the economic collapse that followed. Schechter tells this story by speaking with bankers involved in these activities, respected economists, insider experts, and top journalists, including Paul Krugman, and convicted white-collar criminal Sam Antar. |
| Audience |
Grade 9+ |
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Higher education. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Financial crises.
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Financial institutions -- Corrupt practices.
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Foreclosure.
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Liquidity (Economics)
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Subprime mortgage loans -- Economic aspects.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Heiber, Alejandro.
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Nowosielski, Ray.
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O'Connor, Rory.
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Schechter, Danny.
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Singh, Anant, 1956-
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Crime of our time |
| In: |
Media Education Foundation Collection njcore00000000080 |
| Music No. |
1041628 Kanopy |
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