I found this format to be interesting and came to laugh every time he lit up that cigarette. This was one stressed out individual. There is no sense in me offering commentary on the content. The economic points are well known to most online readers who have found this site.
Rather note his disintegration towards the end, when he, a committed bleeding heart crusading liberal, who bought the liberal/conservative good cop bad cop routine hook line and sinker, begins choking on it. I found Michael to be a very compelling thinker who never developed the ability to emotionally detach from his subject matter, left suffering the torment of the partisan thinker.
In a subtle way this film is brutal.