Warren Buffet on IOUSA The Movie

IOUSA The Movie opens on Thursday at 8pm in Branford, Manchester and West Springfield. Then after the movie:

a live discussion with America’s most notable financial leaders and policy experts, including Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; William Niskanen, chairman of the Cato Institute; Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP; Pete Peterson, senior chairman of The Blackstone Group and chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation; and Dave Walker, president & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former U.S. Comptroller General, promises riveting dialogue and keen insight into the crisis we currently face. The panel will be moderated by Becky Quick, co-anchor of CNBC’s morning news show Squawk Box.

Warren Buffett is great. You can read his most recent annual report to see his leadership qualities. He is:

honest

Our competitive position in these businesses remains strong, and we have firstclassCEOs who run them right, in good times or bad.

candid

My behavior resembled that of a politician Molly Ivins oncedescribed: “If his I.Q. was any lower, you would have to water him twice a day.”

and colorful

As house prices fall, a huge amount of financial folly is being exposed. You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out – and what we are witnessing at some of our largest financial institutions is an ugly sight.

And for Warren Buffet's take on I.O.U.S.A. The Movie, see this brief clip:

Tim White