Katie Couric Interview: "Inside Job" Director Charles Ferguson

Check out this great Katie Couric interview with Charles Ferguson, writer and director of "Inside Job," a new documentary that explores the origins of the 2008 financial meltdown.

Here are some highlights from the interview:

It's all about the greed (hat tip: Gordon Gekko)
The crisis was bi-partisan--both parties created it over the past thirty years
President Obama blew it when he selected his economic team
Geithner should never have been appointed Treasury Secretary
Ferguson mentions my financial crisis heroine, Brooksely Born at about 10 minutes
Ratings agencies are among the greatest villains in the financial crisis
Don't expect change to the status quo any time soon

Jill Schlesinger

Jill Schlesinger, CFP® is the Emmy-nominated Business Analyst for CBS News. She covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, "Jill on Money." Prior to her second career at CBS, Jill spent 14 years as the co-owner and Chief Investment Officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She began her career as a self-employed options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, following her graduation from Brown University.

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