The Crime Of Our Time

In 2006, filmmaker Danny Schechter was denounced as an “alarmist” for his film IN DEBT WE TRUST, which warned of the coming credit crisis. He was labeled a “doom and gloomer” until the economy melted down, vindicating his warnings. His prescient new book, THE CRIME OF OUR TIME, is a hard-hitting investigation that shows how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity.To tell this story, Schechter speaks with bankers involved in these activities, respected economists, insider experts, top journalists including Paul Krugman, and even a convicted white-collar criminal, Sam Antar, who blows the whistle on these intentionally dishonest practices.THE CRIME OF OUR TIME looks into how the crisis developed, from the mysterious collapse of Bear Stearns to the self-described “shitty deals” of Goldman Sachs. Schechter calls for a full criminal investigation and structural reforms of financial institutions to insure accountability by the white-collar perpetrators who profited from the misery of their victims. To tell this story, Schechter speaks with bankers involved in these activities, respected economists, insider experts, top journalists including Paul Krugman, and even a convicted white-collar criminal, Sam Antar, who blows the whistle on these intentionally dishonest practices.