About Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954) is an American author and Academy Award-winning director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Bowling for Columbine, three of the top five highest-grossing documentaries of all time. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth, both of which continue his trademark style of presenting serious documentaries in humorous ways.

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Moore is a self-described liberal who has criticized globalization, large corporations, gun violence, the Iraq War, U.S. President George W. Bush and the American health care system in his written and cinematic works. In 2005 Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people.

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  2. Distinguishing Between Normal versus Abnormal

    Explore Article Psychology Today (Dec 20 2009)

    ...ggests that conscious intrinsic valuation of winning is a more likely motive. To those who say that Michael Moore is a troublemaker, motivation theory says he may simply place a low valuation on status (high socie... (Read Full Article)

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  3. Shareholders Must Put an End to Decoupled Pay-for-Performance

    Explore Article seekingalpha.com (Sep 27 2009)

    Shareholders Must Put an End to Decoupled Pay-for-Performance ...standably so – for fear of their jobs. Then there are labor groups like the AFL-CIO and AFSCME – or Michael Moore for that matter -- who bring up excessive executive pay. Entrenched and overpaid CEOs and their ... (Read Full Article)

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