Inside Job

Pulling Punches? Inside Job's Charles Ferguson's Latest: Predator Nation

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.29.2012

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Danny Schechter

We need to ask ourselves why this liberal critique will be widely ignored and what we can do to insure it won't be. It is deserving of attention. I respect the prodigious effort, but what is also true is that the elite with whom he eats, or does business, is unlikely to be the agency for change.

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Hunger in America

Christina Weiss Lurie | Posted 05.04.2012

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Christina Weiss Lurie

I should have been prepared for the notion that hunger was prevalent here in the United States, but I wasn't. I was shocked to hear that a First World country had such an ignominious reality prevalent across all 50 states.

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Why Wrecked Economies Need More Parental Leave

Christina Patterson | Posted 12.19.2011

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Christina Patterson

The U.S. is one of just four countries in the world that have no federal law for paid maternity leave at all. The others are Liberia, Papua New Guinea and Swaziland. I'm not at all sure you could say that it's a brilliant strategy for growth.

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HuffPost Review: Chasing Madoff

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.24.2011

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Marshall Fine

Chasing Madoff is a searing indictment of the fast-and-loose free-market attitude that nearly sank the world economy. I can't imagine how painful it would be to watch it, were I someone who had lost a fortune to Madoff's malfeasance.

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Bubble-Wrapped Inside Our Economic Stalemate

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.16.2011

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Carol Smaldino

If you feel fed up by the stalemate over the economy and you want to know who to blame, watch Inside Job. They are all to blame. This past week as the...

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Documentaries: In Defense of Diversity -- Documenting Our Changing World

Vivian Norris | Posted 08.26.2011

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Vivian Norris

Instead of fear, a chaotic economy in the West and upheavals elsewhere causing us to think nationally and turn inwards, now is actually the time to reach out towards other parts of the planet. Will this happen? Documentaries can help us move in this direction.

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The Economic Hangover: Part Two

Don McNay | Posted 08.08.2011

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Don McNay

The bailout and stimulus money allowed us to limp along for a couple of years. Now we are back to where we started, but worse, since we borrowed trillions to pay for it.

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Denver Mayor's Race Spawns a Business Solution

Robert Schwab | Posted 07.31.2011

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Robert Schwab

Mayoral CEOs across the country are paid considerably less than private-sector CEOs and yet often perform at a much higher level since they face electoral accountability on a regular basis.

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Tribeca 2011: French Film My Piece of The Pie Hits Back at Wall Street

Linda Hassler | Posted 07.03.2011

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Linda Hassler

The Wall Street flimflam boys who made mad gambles to enrich themselves, knowing losses would be government-backed, are still at large. We now have at least a fictional comeuppance for these thieves.

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Money, Money, Money: Plays Tackle The Economic Crisis

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

During the 1992 Presidential election, Bill Clinton's campaign team hit on a slogan that was easy to pronounce and just as easy for people to understa...

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Analysis of a Meltdown: Why Everyone Should See Inside Job

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Farr

Its impact speaks to the unique power of film to relate a compelling story in under two hours, and have it hit you like a sledgehammer.

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Means, Ends and Money

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yvette Kantrow

The media has long taken it on faith that private equity is an evil, possibly criminal, enterprise, run by money-hungry fraudsters who bury their comp...

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Do CEO's Have Parents and if So, Where Are They?

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mitchell J. Rabin

As a society, we really need to see "what's what" get over the money addiction and seek to equalize the madness that is now passed off as "normal" and "business-as-usual."

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I Am Review: Hollywood Director Exlores What's Right with the World

Dan Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Siegel

As the world is transfixed by remarkable change in the Middle East, America's popcorn culture distracts us with another Nicholas Cage road rage movie ...

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Sam Stein

White House Chief Of Staff Pressed About Lack Of Jail Time For Wall Street Culprits

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley declined on Sunday to bring the president into the debate over why no major player in the collapse...

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"Mubarak!" "Gaddafi!" "Next Stop... Wall Street!"

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

How is it that dictators and arrogant financial people are able to seize and hold onto control for so long, especially when soon after they seize or gain power the conditions for the common people and the attention to human rights deteriorate?

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In The Public Interest: House Kneecaps Wall Street Reform Funding, But Goal Is Worse: Repeal

Ed Mierzwinski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Mierzwinski

The House is trying to starve our consumer cops to death. It's now in the public interest for the U.S. Senate to pass its own budget resolution that puts consumer and investor cops back on the beat. Otherwise, what happened on Wall Street will happen again.

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My Conversation With Filmmaker Charles Ferguson

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tavis Smiley

2011-02-28-tavis.jpgThe day after his Best Documentary win, I sat down with filmmaker Charles Ferguson for a conversation about Inside Job.

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Live-blogging the 2011 Oscar telecast

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

8:39PM EST Off to a good start with the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, inserted into scenes from several of the Oscar nominees, on an Incept...

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Oscar Winner Rips Wall Street During Acceptance Speech

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Inside Job" won the 2011 Academy Award for best documentary on Sunday night. The film's director used his acceptance speech to deliver pointed critic...

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Inside Job's Charles Ferguson Wins Oscar, Airs Frustration with Obama

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joshua Kors

Ferguson spoke with me about his new film, Obama's disappointingly silent reaction to it and why he feels this president has an even stricter "with us or against us" policy than his predecessor.

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Oscar Documentary Nominees 'Not Afraid Of Banksy'

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Lucy Walker is more worried about gussying up for the 83rd annual Academy Awards than worrying about whether Banksy will make his mark...

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Docu-Drama: Surprises and Snubs for the Best Documentary Oscar

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Kim

It's a good time to dust off your queue and take a look at some of the best documentaries of 2010 while we can still remember them.

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Getting a Nod from the Academy!

Christina Weiss Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Weiss Lurie

I hope Inside Job, with its broad appeal, will continue to find new audiences. There isn't a day that its relevance is diminished, reinforced this week in the president's State of the Union message.

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WATCH: Top Oscar Nominated Films You (Probably) Haven't Seen

Posted 05.25.2011

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Every year when the Oscar nominations are announced, there are a handful of films that are expected to be nominated in multiple categories. Black Swan...

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