Monday, September 29, 2008

One day more

I'm 87.9% done downloading the consumer edition of The Corporation and donating a small fee for its use through the movie's website.

I think there has never been a better time to screen this movie than right in the middle of the US financial crisis. Does anyone else feel (un)lucky enough to witness the start of the fall of a major empire? Or is my awe premature? Somehow I don't think it is. Katherine Dodds writes on the website of a project associated (I'm not exactly sure how, but it is) with The Corporation:
French President Sarkozy says the days when "the all powerful market is always right are over". The Real News Network spoke to economist and historian Dr. Michael Hudson who says that it's not a "bailout" but a "giveaway" and will create a new kleptocracy of billionaires.
Surely there are visualizations that have been generated about the US economy and the $700 billion (failed) bailout plan.

11:33 pm
The financial disaster has spread to the Asian stock market. "It's a very very bleak picture," says one analyst on the BBC.

On a completely different note, I'm wondering whether I should also transport my desktop to the space...

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