And I think anyone interested in interdependence will enjoy the movie I saw this weekend: American Casino, an amazing documentary about the subprime mortgage crisis and the financial meltdown, featuring Phil Gramm, Alan Greenspan, and a variety of sweaty, business-suited guys and lower middle-class, mainly African American, former homeowners in Baltimore, Maryland.
Filmmakers Andrew and Leslie Cockburn interviewed both Wall Street heavy hitters and those on the street because they lost their homes in one of best movies I've seen this summer.
The Cockburns concisely show the crystal-clear connections between foreclosures in Baltimore, the bettors on Wall Street, and disease-bearing mosquitoes in Southern California. We are ALL connected. What we do, and with what intention we do it, matters. A lot.
From
Baltimore school teacher Denzel Mitchell walking through his foreclosed home, to California real estate investor Jeff Greene, who bet against the mortgage-backed securities market and made close to half a million dollars, there is a lot of interdependence. And a lot of interesting stuff.
Moneymakers don't come off badly in this film; liars do.
Moneymakers don't come off badly in this film; liars do.
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