The American Dream Dies Where Power Lies
From writer/director Eric Vaughan, producer Patrick Lovell and executive producer Adam Bronfman, The Con is an in-depth investigation into the 2008 financial crisis nine years in the making, Who did it, why it happened and how our country went from “of, for and by the people,” to “of, for and by the corporation.”
And what’s past is prologue: The heist of our democracy that includes fraudulent practices, massive credit card debt, student loans, auto loans, and the revolving door between finance and government, is still going on, and will become even worse than before.
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Bill Black on Bank Fraud
Bill Black, speaking about bank fraud on the Institute For New Economic Thinking and on TedX.
Nobody understands bank fraud better than Bill Black, a former regulator. He wrote a book entitled: “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.” During the Savings & Loan crisis of the ‘80s & ‘90s, his agency made over 1,000 felony convictions.