If allowed to continue, this process will turn the United States into a declining, unfair society with an impoverished, angry, uneducated population under the control of a small, ultrawealthy elite. Such a society would be not only immoral but also… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share Image
I thought I should try something relatively inexpensive, relatively contained, relatively small. I started working on a feature, a film I'd still like to… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
If allowed to continue, this process will turn the United States into a declining, unfair society with an impoverished, angry, uneducated population under the… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
I'm actually all in favor of freeing the entrepreneurial spirit - but it turns out, interestingly, that you actually need very strict regulations to… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of a movie… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become criminalised, creating an industry culture that… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
When the financial crisis arrived, it seemed to me that this was something I had to make a movie about. — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
I used to be a businessman and I enjoyed what I did and I thought that it was socially useful. I don't have anything… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
I'd been a film maniac since I was very young; by the time I was eight or nine years old, I was hooked on… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
The real challenge is figuring out how the United States can regain control of its future from its new oligarchy and restore its position… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
When the U.S. government is serious about doing something that's complicated and difficult, it can do it. — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
A very high fraction of America's economic problems come not from our difficulties with education or globalization or competition with the Chinese or whatever.… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by financial fraud, not a single financial… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
Everyone knows, or has strongly suspected, that capital theory is difficult. — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
A fierce and sentimental addiction to forms makes us shudder at change. It is much easier to say that the system is all right-only… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share
