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Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Rated NR · 76 min. · 2012
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Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? reveals how American corporations orchestrated the dismantling of middle-class prosperity through rampant deregulation, the outsourcing of jobs, and tax policies favoring businesses and the wealthy. The collapse of the U.S. economy is the result of conscious choices made over thirty five years by a small group: leaders of corporations and their elected allies, and the biggest lobbying interest in Washington, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. To these individuals, the collapse is not a catastrophe, but rather the planned outcome of their long, patient work. For the rest of the country, it is merely the biggest heist in American history.
Official Site: www.heist-themovie.com
Director: Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher
Writer: Frances Causey and Hollis Rich
Producer: Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher
Cast: Bernie Sanders, Robert Kuttner, Robert Crandall, David Cay Johnston, Van Jones, Nomi Prins, Lawrence Mitchell, Michael Lind, Jakada Imani and Thom Hartmann
Director: Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher
Writer: Frances Causey and Hollis Rich
Producer: Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher
Cast: Bernie Sanders, Robert Kuttner, Robert Crandall, David Cay Johnston, Van Jones, Nomi Prins, Lawrence Mitchell, Michael Lind, Jakada Imani and Thom Hartmann
