Showing videos filed under: subprime crisis

• Leslie Cockburn: American Casino

  March 28, 2009

  Leslie and Andrew Cockburn in their film American Casino examine how the subprime crisis happened. From interviews with defectors of Bear Stearns and Standard and Poor's to average working class Americans the Cockburns get the inside scoop from those who profited and those who've suffered. The film premiers at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.

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  • andrew cockburn
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  • Flanders
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  • laura flanders
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• Shock Capitalism with Naomi Klein, Jeff Madrick, and Bhairavi Desai.

  July 17, 2008

  There's an economic crisis but is capitalism itself in crisis? It certainly doesn’t appear very healthy with foreclosure rates mounting, food prices and energy costs soaring, and daily calls for taxpayers to bail out banks. On GRITtv we discuss the current economic crises with Naomi Klein, Jeff Madrick, and Bhairavi Desai.

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  • disaster capitalism
  • foreclosure
  • Jeff Madrick
  • Klein
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  • Naomi Klein
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  • Taxi Workers Alliance
  • The Shock Doctrine

• Red State Road Trip: An Economic Perfect Storm

  July 14, 2008

  Chris Hume, on day 10 of his Red State Road Trip, talks to truckers in Pennsylvania about the high price of fuel. And an arson investigator explains why the current economic crisis is about more than just the foreclosure issue.

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  • chris hume
  • foreclosure
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  • red state road trip
  • Shoot and Run Productions
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