Erwin Wagenhofer helms a probing, penetrating and deeply critical look at the economic foundations of neo-liberalism in the early 21st century. Wagenhofer begins with the surface level reality of global finance - that of banks borrowing and lending money from consumers and corporations -and probes deeper to expose the many layers of the economic trade that lie just hidden from view.
Synopsis:
The film starts by tracking the hypothetical savings of a typical depositor as they move around the global system, showing exploitation as various financial agents try to produce high returns. There are several interviews with investment managers, politicians, economists as well as homeless people and workers.
Financial experts who turn up as onscreen interviewees/participants include such notables as George Belton, Miguel Angel Torres, Terry Lesueur, Yves Delisle and Hermann Scheer.