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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Reich's ‘Inequality for All’ (film) is a challenge for America
The movie is, in fact, a documentary, but one more disturbing than international criminal conspiracies and more devastating than any Sharknado. Its about income inequality. As Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich intones in the film, Of all developed nations, the United States has the most unequal distribution of income, and were surging towards even greater inequality.
Inequality for All, directed by Jacob Kornbluth and set to be released nationwide on Sept. 27, comes at a critical moment for America. Sept. 15 marks the five-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers fueled by a toxic combination of deregulation, subprime lending and credit-default swaps that precipitated the 2008 global economic crisis and laid bare the rot at the heart of our economic system. It was largely this orgy of greed that led the first Occupy Wall Street protesters to Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, two years ago next week.
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Until now, hopefully. Following the diminutive Reich on his statistics-driven and impassioned crusade, Inequality for All throws into sharp relief the numbers and stories we hear. Combining footage from Reichs electrifying Berkeley lectures with interviews, news clips and rich graphics, the film weaves a compelling narrative about how and why, since the late 1970s, income inequality has risen to crisis levels.
The facts are breathtaking. In 1978, according to Reich, a typical male worker made $48,302, while the typical top 1 percenter earned $393,682, more than eight times as much. In 2010, even as overall gross domestic product and productivity increased, the average male workers wage fell to $33,751. Meanwhile, the average top 1 percent earner was making more than $1.1 million 32 times the average earner.
Inequality for All, directed by Jacob Kornbluth and set to be released nationwide on Sept. 27, comes at a critical moment for America. Sept. 15 marks the five-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers fueled by a toxic combination of deregulation, subprime lending and credit-default swaps that precipitated the 2008 global economic crisis and laid bare the rot at the heart of our economic system. It was largely this orgy of greed that led the first Occupy Wall Street protesters to Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, two years ago next week.
. . .
Until now, hopefully. Following the diminutive Reich on his statistics-driven and impassioned crusade, Inequality for All throws into sharp relief the numbers and stories we hear. Combining footage from Reichs electrifying Berkeley lectures with interviews, news clips and rich graphics, the film weaves a compelling narrative about how and why, since the late 1970s, income inequality has risen to crisis levels.
The facts are breathtaking. In 1978, according to Reich, a typical male worker made $48,302, while the typical top 1 percenter earned $393,682, more than eight times as much. In 2010, even as overall gross domestic product and productivity increased, the average male workers wage fell to $33,751. Meanwhile, the average top 1 percent earner was making more than $1.1 million 32 times the average earner.
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Robert Reich's ‘Inequality for All’ (film) is a challenge for America (Original Post)
Triana
Sep 2013
OP
thanks for posting-- I know Robert Reich's income and status put him among the elite,
ellenrr
Sep 2013
#3
Hmmm....all this BEFORE the documentary is even aired.. Makes me certain to watch it.
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#4
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)1. Gee, seems the wealthy's useful idiots have invaded the comment section.
. . .. otherwise known as "Libertarians".
pipoman
(16,038 posts)2. Reich is a traitor to US labor..he is a corporate shill..
he and his bribed beliefs are huge contributors to this inequality he pretends to dislike..
ellenrr
(3,864 posts)3. thanks for posting-- I know Robert Reich's income and status put him among the elite,
but he's one of the few, maybe the only one, from that group - whom I think has something to add to the conversation.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)4. Hmmm....all this BEFORE the documentary is even aired.. Makes me certain to watch it.
And it appears that it will contain a lot of supporting evidence for the discussion I mentioned in my post below.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023653103