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Start Up – Type 1 –Top ½ 44 • Why do you think today’s film is <tled “Capitalism: A Love Story”? (6 lines) (Hint: Look at your notes on capitalism on page 43 and think about what sort of ideas come to mind when you hear “a love story”.

Create notes on page 45. Use the following slides to guide your note taking.

Title your notes: Capitalism: a Love Story

Airlines cut costs to make money for their share holders.

A. Write down THREE “talking points”

1st

B1. How did companies like Wal-­‐Mart and Amegy Bank make money off of some of their employees?

B2. It’s called “________ _______ insurance”.

2nd

C. Do the religious leaders interviewed believe Jesus would have been a capitalist? Why or why not?

Phil Gramm on religion:

Vice Chair of UBS Investment Bank

“When I’m on Wall Street… and I realize what capitalism has done for working people in America…that’s a holy place…”

Kudlow on how great Wall Street is doing even with war in Iraq and Afghanistan: “…despite the deaths…It’s never been beHer.”

Ci<group sent a confiden<al memo to its wealthiest clients.

D. According to them, which type of government does the U.S. have (hint: it’s not a democracy)?

E. How do they use the American Dream to fight their fears of the 99% rebelling?

F. Which company is an example of a communist system. Why? (1-­‐piece of evidence) Isthmus Engineering

G. Which company is an example of a socialist system? Why? (1 – piece of evidence)

Bread Company

REFLECTION –Bogom ½ 44 CHOOSE ONE TO ANSWER A. Which part(s) of this film was/were the most shocking? Why? (10 lines) B. Why does Michael Moore go digging through the U.S. Cons<tu<on to find the guidelines for capitalism in the U.S.? (5 lines)