However, I am sort of confused about the conclusion reached at the end of the film. It seems to me that the first 50 minutes explained why government intervention, such as the IMF propping up countries, is destructive. It makes perfect sense that the kind of corporate welfare that the government doles out takes away the risk factor for investors while leaving foreign countries in ruins as the panic spreads. That just seems a little inconsistent. Of course it will.
Capitalism has no values but creating more.
The debate over regulation will no doubt generate lots of heat, but that's theater for those of us who don't engage in money-obsession, Greed as perfection. Try reading Lewis Lapham's Agony of Mammon for a little deeper comprehension of this problem. There will be unforseen consequences on a scale unimaginable now. It infuriates me that decisions made in the Dow Jones, Nikkei, and elsewhere could ruin and disrupt the lives of these common people overnight. At least Frontline gave us at least a glance of the consenquences that followed.