Oscar-Winner Charles Ferguson on ‘Predator Nation’

The Takeaway

Just over a year after the release of his Oscar-winning documentary “Inside Job,” Charles Ferguson returns to the topic of the 2008 financial crisis with his latest book “Predator Nation.”
In it, he points to the rise of “predatory finance” as both a symptom and the cause America’s fractured economy and political system.
He joins us today to talk about the book, the economy, and what has and hasn’t changed since the crash.

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