Poverty Inc. (2014)
- Directed by
- Gary Null
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary argues that the Federal Reserve operates like a pyramid scheme. It examines the 1913 Federal Reserve Act and the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, claiming these events allowed banks to gain excessive power.
informativecriticalsoberinvestigativethought-provokingpoliticaldenseanalytical
What happens
Poverty Inc. is a 2014 film by Gary Null and Valerie Van Cleve which "claims that the Federal Reserve, like other central banks such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, is a pyramid scheme." The film, characterised as an "advocacy documentary", looks at the signing of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act by Woodrow Wilson and the demise of the Glass-Steagall Act, which it asserts "effectively turned Goldman Sachs from a financial casino into a commercial bank with full government coverage". The Federal Reserve is portrayed as "an unconstitutional lobbying body for commercial banks that prints money out of thin air". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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