Why according to author, Dean Starkman did the financial press, exploitation watchdogs that they were supposed to be, fail to warn the public and other industries of the looming 2008 Financial Crisis? How were finance journalists and the papers they worked for entangled and implicated in the inflated system that would lead to the 2008 crisis? Did their failure to sound the alarm, signal their complicity in the system that would eventually crash? Draw quotes from Starkman to enrich your discussion.

Why according to author, Dean Starkman did the financial press, exploitation watchdogs that they were supposed to be, fail to warn the public and other industries of the looming 2008 Financial Crisis? How were finance journalists and the papers they worked for entangled and implicated in the inflated system that would lead to the 2008 crisis? Did their failure to sound the alarm, signal their complicity in the system that would eventually crash? Draw quotes from Starkman to enrich your discussion.

Who was London City boy and what kind of financial practices did he whistle blow against? What did the case of criminally-charged US hedge fund managers, Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin say about the state of the financial and legal system in the US? How was the behavior of the largest US investment bank, Goldman Sachs indicative of the deep problems in the US financial system?

Who was London City boy and what kind of financial practices did he whistle blow against? What did the case of criminally-charged US hedge fund managers, Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin say about the state of the financial and legal system in the US? How was the behavior of the largest US investment bank, Goldman Sachs indicative of the deep problems in the US financial system?

“Violence is not only physical, it can also be psychological ,” claims a Union leader in France. What was the impact of the 2008 collapse in that nation? How did layed-off French workers respond? What was “Boss-napping” as it occurred at the US-owned Caterpillar and Molex plants? What do you make of that practice as a tactic? Was this degree of “union militancy” justified in your opinion? Is employment a privilege, or an essential human-right in your estimation? How did protest-singer, Horour Torfason respond to similar labor unrest in Iceland?

“Violence is not only physical, it can also be psychological,” claims a Union leader in France. What was the impact of the 2008 collapse in that nation? How did layed-off French workers respond? What was “Boss-napping” as it occurred at the US-owned Caterpillar and Molex plants? What do you make of that practice as a tactic? Was this degree of “union militancy” justified in your opinion? Is employment a privilege, or an essential human right in your estimation? How did protest-singer, Horour Torfason respond to similar labor unrest in Iceland?

Outline (1-2) human stories of individuals affected by the “mortgage/housing crisis” of the 2008 Financial collapse. What was the California dream? “It’s only in America,” retorts one displaced person. Draw quotes to enrich your discussion.

Outline (1-2) human stories of individuals affected by the “mortgage/housing crisis” of the 2008 Financial collapse. What was the California dream? “It’s only in America,” retorts one displaced person. Draw quotes to enrich your discussion.

Drawing from film commentator and Wall Street Commodities trader, Carlton Brown (See film at 54:40 mins), what were the effects of 9/11 in his area of the market? Why the profound sense of shock and disbelief, but also irony in his tone? What contradictions in the US financial system does he refer to? Draw direct quotes from Brown to enrich your discussion

Drawing from film commentator and Wall Street Commodities trader, Carlton Brown (See film at 54:40 mins), what were the effects of 9/11 in his area of the market? Why the profound sense of shock and disbelief, but also irony in his tone?  What contradictions in the US financial system does he refer to?  Draw direct quotes from Brown to enrich your discussion

What is the primary and often singular motivation of a corporation? How does this drive often put the corporation at odds with human communities? According to the film commentators, what are some of the inherent problems with legally according much of the rights of personhood to corporations?

What is the primary and often singular motivation of a corporation? How does this drive often put the corporation at odds with human communities? According to the film commentators, what are some of the inherent problems with legally according much of the rights of personhood to corporations?

How did corporations initially come into existence? How did legal language from the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, allow for the birth of the corporation? What/who was this legislation initially designed to protect? Where lies the irony in the manner in which this amendment has ultimately been repurposed? What is ironic about this the early history of the corporation?

How did corporations initially come into existence? How did legal language from the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, allow for the birth of the corporation? What/who was this legislation initially designed to protect? Where lies the irony in the manner in which this amendment has ultimately been repurposed? What is ironic about this the early history of the corporation?