In debt we trust America before the bubble bursts

Streaming video - 2014

This hard-hitting documentary investigates why so many Americans - college and high school students in particular - are being strangled by debt. Zeroing in on how the mall has replaced the factory as America's dominant economic engine, Emmy Award-winning former ABC News and CNN producer Danny Schechter shows how college students are being forced to pay higher interest on loans while graduating, on average, with more than {dollar}20,000 in consumer debt. The film empowers as it enrages, delivering an accessible and fascinating introduction to what former Reagan advisor Kevin Phillips has called "the debt-and-credit industrial complex."

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming 2014.
Language
English
Corporate Author
Kanopy (Firm)
Corporate Author
Kanopy (Firm) (-)
Other Authors
Steve Green (-), Linda Hattendorf, Rory O'Connor, Danny Schechter
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file, 52 min)
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Grade 9+
Higher education.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Gary Keith Griffin ; editor, Linda Hattendorf and Anders Bremsen ; music, Polar Levine.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).