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In debt we trust : America before the bubble bursts /

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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 S...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Green, Steve, Hattendorf, Linda, O'Connor, Rory, Schechter, Danny
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Subjects:
Consumer credit > United States.
Consumption (Economics)
Debt > United States.
Debts, Public > United States.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary: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 $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."
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.