In Reel Deep

Inside Job, Margin Call, and the 2008 Financial Crisis

In Reel Deep · Aug 21, 2020 · 1h 29m

The 2 movies

Inside Job
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Margin Call
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Show notes

The last time the world's economy tanked, back in 2008, it wasn't because of a global pandemic. It was because a handful of billionaires, mostly Americans, decided to rig our financial system for their benefit. As a result, trillions of dollars were lost, the planet spun into economic ruin, and few — if any — people stood trial for their crimes. Those crimes were captured in the documentary Inside Job and the drama Margin Call; we've brought self-taught financial crisis whiz Dr. Chris back on the pod to dissect how those two films depicted what might be the greatest crime humans have ever comm...

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