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American Casino

When you are in Wall Street's casino, you play by their rules.

2009•1h 28m
Documentary

“I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittman. “When you’re in the Street’s casino, you’ve got to play by their rules.” This film finally explains how and why over $12 trillion of our money vanished into the American Casino.

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Production

Table Rock Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke

Self

Sheila Dixon

Self - Mayor of Baltimore

Phil Gramm

Self

Henry Paulson

Henry Paulson

Self

Henry Waxman

Self

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