THE VIDEO SHELF · black wednesday currency crisis
Black Wednesday (BBC 1997)
A 1997 BBC documentary on Black Wednesday in 1992, when sterling was forced out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism. It covers the crisis from the British government side, including George Soros's trade and political mistakes.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a detailed documentary on the Soros-versus-Bank-of-England episode.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- batrachious
- Topic
- black wednesday currency crisis
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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A pretty good documentary from the BBC about Black Wednesday. Shows more from the government side and the mistakes they made than Soros part but still gives you a good understanding of what happened. [VIDEO]
loso on Hacker News · 2014-05
In The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the British Pound[VIDEO] a good overview of the origins of the crisis. how politicians for their own shortsighted gains made one poor decision after another and led the country into financial crisis.
shitgoose on Hacker News · 2017-03
In SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund [pdf]This incident was the main reason the UK didn't enter the Euro. This wonderful BBC documentary explains everything on detail. [VIDEO]
elmar on Hacker News · 2019-11
In When George Soros Broke the British Pound (2014)
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