Inside Job: Our Business Schools and Our Future - HuffPo

[WillyT]

Inside Job: Our Business Schools and Our Future
Vivian NorrisPhd, Based in Paris-Globalization Studies
Posted: November 25, 2010 11:56 AM

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Every single American and every person thinking of going to business school (and especially those in Business School) needs to see the documentary, Inside Job. This film is one of the most powerful, well-made and brave documentaries I have ever seen, and I have seen a heck of a lot of docs having been a programmer and documentary producer/director for the last two decades. I do not understand why this film is not being distributed widely, as it deserves a massive budget to promote it and the message it communicates so well. It needs to be shown to all high school students as a warning and should be required for all undergraduates who decide to study Economics, Business, Marketing, Women's Studies, Education... basically everyone should see it.

Because not understanding what has happened is already leading us to repeat our mistakes. Don't be fooled, those who created this depression, and we must call it what it is, are still in positions of power, and are still being paid huge sums of money to influence the economy, and worst of all, young people who are the future generations who will one day be running the businesses, economy, governments of the world.

The film is better than most thrillers and the bad guys and good guys (or in this case, an amazing woman) are so well defined and fascinating that you cannot stop watching for even a moment. The woman who should be a hero for all Americans, Brooksley Born, was the head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and one of the few people who stood up to those who took down our economy, namely Larry Summers, Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin. Ms. Born told the truth when no one else would. She was undermined by both dangerous ideologies which stole her power to regulate derivatives, and the greed of Wall Street with its powerful lobbyists and supporters.

Another woman featured in the documentary is the French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, who also has been outspoken about the dysfunctional nature of what was going on in the so-called hallowed halls and wood paneled executive offices of the banks. If we had women such as these two, along with trustworthy people such as Elizabeth Warren, running the show, I would wager we would not be in the economic mess we are today.

But the most disturbing part of the film for me was that not only have most of the criminals who stole from the American people not gone to prison, they have been rewarded, but that their approach to business and profit-making is being taught in what are considered to be the best Business Schools in the United States.

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivian-norris-de-montaigu/inside-job-our-business-s_b_788399.html

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[geckosfeet]

1. If you have not seen it, here is a link to DU post that list's theaters where

it is showing -
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Better%20Believe%20It/332

[WillyT]

2. Saw It Yesterday, Thank You... Theater Listing Here Too:

Link: http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/dates.html

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3. B-School is the biggest joke in the world

It's a buy-in to allow you to network with your future business criminal buddies. It's extremely easy, there's nothing to actually learn of value. No one fails.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. The nearest theater to me is 30 miles away, and I'm in Redondo Beach (L.A. South Bay)

I sure wish that this more readily available :(

[WillyT]

5. Soon... And Closer...

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. I drove up to Santa Monica to see it this afternoon.

It was well worth the time spent. Highly recommended!