The rogues who pulled off the heist of the century by. The american occupation of iraq and inside job, which won the oscar for best documentary feature. Charles ferguson hopes that his movie, inside job, will be for the financial industry what an inconvenient truth was to global warming. The density of information and the complexity of the subject matter make inside job feel like a classroom lecture at times, but by the end mr. Charles ferguson won an oscar in 2011 for inside job, his documentary on the financial crisis, and was an oscar nominee for his first documentary, no end in sight, on the war in iraq. Ferguson presents a fierce indictment of predatory activities of parts. The financiers who pulled off the heist of the century. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. In the second extract from his book inside job, charles ferguson argues that corruption in universities is deeply entrenched charles ferguson.
Charles henry ferguson is the founder and president of representational pictures, inc. Inside job by charles ferguson charles ferguson, matt. The financiers who pulled off the heist of the century charles. He has written four books, and is a life member of the council of foreign relations and a director of the frenchamerican foundation. Charles ferguson won an oscar in 2011 for inside job, his documentary on the. I had also ordered his book predator nation that you are also asking. Charles ferguson in inside job sets out incontrovertibly and in a highly readable fashion, how the. Two years after directing the academy awardwinning documentary, inside job, filmmaker charles ferguson returns with a new book. After watching charles fergusons powerhouse documentary about the global economic crisis, you.
As i was watching inside job, charles fergusons meticulous and infuriating documentary about the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Charles fergusons documentary inside job, about the recent financial catastrophe, is. Two years after directing the academy awardwinning documentary, inside job, filmmaker charles ferguson returns with a new book, predator nation. Inside job filmmaker charles ferguson hopes to help send. Charles ferguson does a job on the financial meltdown. Charles fergusons film inside job attempts to blame a wider cast list for the banking crash of 2008 and explains why so little has been done to reform the financial world or bring criminal. Join facebook to connect with charles ferguson and others you may know.
The financiers who pulled off the heist of the century by ferguson, charles isbn. The moral right of charles ferguson to be identified as the author of this work. Producerdirector charles ferguson no end in sight speaks at length with journalists, politicians, and financial insiders in order to offer a clearer picture of the economic meltdown that hit america starting in 2008. He first examined the network of academic, financial and political players who contributed to the nations financial crisis in his documentary, inside job.
That he delivers it with rigor, restraint and good humor makes his case all the more devastating. From academy award nominated filmmaker, charles ferguson no end in sight, comes inside job, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the. Charles fergusons film inside job attempts to blame a wider cast list for the banking crash of 2008 and explains why so little has been done to. In the second extract from his book inside job, charles ferguson argues that corruption in universities is deeply entrenched skip to main content the guardian back to home. Ferguson is also a software entrepreneur, writer and authority in technology policy. Charles ferguson in inside job sets out incontrovertibly and in a highly readable fashion, how the much once highly respected financial industry and its senior executives went rogue. Where are criminal prosecutions for financial crisis.
Later in this book, i go through the list of what we already know, which is. Anger is an underrated response to a movie not to be mad at a film, but to be mad with it. View the profiles of people named charles ferguson. Inside job the financiers who pulled off the heist of the century. If you werent livid about all the mischief and scheming going on on wall street that led to our present financial crisis, charles fergusons inside job makes sure to open our eyes not only to the greed, but to the horrendous things that are going on in the financial world economics as a science is literally being rewritten to suit the current needs of people in the money. Inside job is a 2010 american documentary film, directed by charles ferguson, about the late2000s financial crisis.
Ferguson has summoned the scourging moral force of a pulpitshaking sermon. Through three decades of selfinfluenced, politically manipulated, and payola encouraged deregulation the picture emerges of the corruption, and erosion of long standing ethical customer trust in bankers and financial advisers. In the second extract from his book inside job, charles ferguson argues that corruption in universities is deeply entrenched. Charles ferguson dissects the wall street meltdown the.
1484 645 825 561 506 25 118 183 189 475 157 100 560 1310 1139 122 1472 707 552 224 1378 662 1324 113 1231 1567 925 1332 7 1275 1222 713 944 1349 270 748 846 1453 1490 491 34 675 1155 1058 1481