Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

scuffmark The economics seem sound and provides explanation why the middle class financial health is the key to a successful economy and solid democracy.Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, explains this argument in understandable terms. Using testimony from the really rich Americans, including Warren Buffet, to everyday middle class Americans struggling to maintain their quality of life.The loss of one star is due to the web site promoting a clearly liberal agenda. The documentary itself has no political message which motivated me to go to the web site to take action. But, alas, when the web site had nothing but political elements, it turned me off.

nlp-07000 My die-hard liberal friend told me to watch this movie, and now I know why. This movie is most certainly bi-partisan, in favor of democrats and big government.The movie starts out rather non-biased. The producer shows startling statistics and facts, which anyone would say are not good, like how CEO pay has increased substantially compared to average workers since the 50's.But then he, very biasedly, explains why this all has happened, and ways we can get out of it. His answers include taxing the rich more and electing democrats in office. The guy uses Bill Clinton in this movie like he is a prophet. He definitely is prompting not just his message, but his political agenda in this movie. Never once does he say anything negative about democrats.It's worth watching, but with a VERY open mind. #TRUMP2016

texshelters "Inequality for All" Leaves the Audience with a DeficitRobert Reich's movie about inequality in America certainly has good graphs. And while I like good graphs, and have enjoyed graphs in movies in the past, graphs aren't enough. Once you learn the basic problem with wealth inequality in America and why income is almost completely rising to the top 1%, there's not much in the film to enlighten us. You could learn what is in the film in two graphs and a 1000 word article. While I admire Reich's work in economics and his self deprecating humor, the film is too narrow in its scope. Let me count the ways. 1. It doesn't address NAFTA (a law that was passed during his time working with Bill Clinton) and how it helped increase inequality. 2. It didn't address Welfare to work, another bill pushed through by his buddy, President Clinton, and its affects on the working poor. 3. The film mostly ignores military spending. 4. Though the New Deal is seen as the beginning of good times for workers, Reich doesn't discuss the job's programs and infrastructure programs of the New Deal to show what the government can do to share the wealth.5. And much much more! His vague call to "educate America", and help unions, lacks specifics that I would think a world class economist might be able to share with us. His prescriptions are as disappointing as the film itself. Rating: Rent it. There is no reason to see this on the big screen, even to promote documentaries about economics making it to the theaters. However, there are a couple of interesting interviews in the movie and enough information to glean that it's not a complete waste of time. Peace, Tex Shelters

worleythom Inequality for All. Robert Reich.Reich understands that inequality is a problem, and has gotten worse. He makes this case clearly.What he doesn't understand is the extent to which inequality is the result of political decisions, made by people, purposefully to amplify that inequality.Reich doesn't seem to see that his old boss Bill Clinton made inequality far worse, for Americans and others in the hemisphere and around the world, with his NAFTA and other trade treaties. (Obama is busy trying to do far worse yet, with his Trans-Pacific Partnership.) Reich pins the blame for inequality on "globalization" and "technology," making it sound as if it were the result of impersonal forces. To the contrary, it was political decisions to permit unbridled movement of money and goods, to reward corporations for racing to the bottom in wages, working conditions, worker rights, and environmental protections.Reich does a clear presentation of the fact that only during a few decades after World War II was inequality under control. He does say that one of the political changes since then has been regressive taxation. He does mention that union membership has declined since the heyday of the middle class—but doesn't go into the ways in which labor law has been eroded by courts, legislatures, the executive branch—and how it's been flouted by companies, with impunity. Reich says little about deregulation, and nothing about antitrust.Reich was the author in 1991 of a blithering book, The Work of Nations, where he opines that society's winners are those who "manipulate symbols." No, Bob. Society's winners are those who have obscene piles of wealth, usually inherited from the most ruthless operator in some market segment.If you want to know economics, read Joseph Stiglitz. He's the one who gets it. Watch his "Where Is the World Going, Mr. Stiglitz?" video for the answers that elude Reich: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381134/ (and others: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1688889/)Stiglitz also features in the excellent documentary, "The Flaw," http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787810/ about the collapse of the housing bubble in 2008, and the failure of "siphon wealth toward the already rich" policies that lead up to it.Another excellent presentation of some of the causes of poverty and inequality is "Speaking Freely Volume 2: Susan George," 52 minutes, 2007 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245362/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl from Cinema Libre Studios http://cinemalibrestudio.com/all_dvd_titles.php). George explains how northern banks, aided by the International Monetary fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization, extract wealth from the poor in the global south.This Reich movie presents an important issue. No, it presents *the* important issue. (The 85 richest people in the world have as much wealth as the bottom 3.5 billion.) Reich knows that much. He's hazy on how it happened, and what has to be done to fix it.