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Erskine
Overnight Raves... "This is not your usual documentary, but an exciting
romp through the amazing fantasy world we call our economic system. Back room
deals, corruption, greed, bribes, and Wall Street con-artists have lead to a
situation where America and the world are under constant economic terrorism. Life
on the Edge of a Bubble describes
the who, what, why, and most important where we’re going and what
we can do to break this cycle, secure liberty, and allow the opportunity for
individual Americans to pursue their dreams."
Carol
Brouillet Writes... FIVE STARS -
"Life on the Edge of a
Bubble- Blowing the American Dream is a fast paced kaleidoscopic look
at the bubbles, panics, and depressions that have reoccurred almost like
clockwork every twenty years since the United States government joined forces
with the banking interests, back in the 1700’s. Using vintage footage,
slick TV ads, revelatory statements made by politicians and Federal Reserve
chairmen, in the course of the most recent bailouts, the film is paced like a
roller coaster, punctuated by thoughtful statements and the dramatic chronicling
of past human follies.
Sir Isaac Newton is quoted as saying, 'I can calculate the motions of the
heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.' Newton, was not immune
to the folly of his own time and made 7000 pounds and 100% profit on the
speculative South Sea bubble, only to lose 20,000 pounds later, when he bought
in at the height of the market. While most of the attention focuses on the
US, an exploration of the Dutch tulip mania and financial innovations mirrors
the dot com bubble of recent times. Exposing the 'con' in the
confidence game, how profits are privatized and losses socialized, how the rule
makers bend and break the rules to enrich themselves and their financial
backers, the film skillfully identifies key aspects of the systemic nature of
the problem, a first step in the awesome task breaking that pattern."
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