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Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

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Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

2009

1h 40m

6.0(1 votes)

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Overview

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.

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Carolyn Maloney

Carolyn Maloney

Self (archive footage)

Bernard Madoff

Bernard Madoff

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