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Margin Call (9/9) Movie CLIP - It's Just Money (2011) HD
A clip from the 2011 film Margin Call in which a firm's CEO, played by Jeremy Irons, tells a senior executive about the cycles of financial crashes. Kevin Spacey's character says he wants out, and the scene ends on the line that it is just money.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN shares it in bubble and crash threads as a memorable scene about market cycles and about information work versus physical labor.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Movieclips
- Topic
- financial crises
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
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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Have you seen the movie Margin Call? There’s a great scene where the CEO of a Goldman-style bank is recapping the last 100+ years of global financial collapses and he mentions, “we just can’t help ourselves.” [VIDEO] One of the best banking movies I’ve ever …
sharkweek on Hacker News · 2022-05
In When buying the dip doesn’t work: An analysis of the dot-com crashSupermoney by George Goodman - he wrote under the pseudonym "Adam Smith". p.s. You might enjoy watching "Margin Call", if you haven't seen it before. This clip is particularly relevant: [VIDEO]
scrlk on Hacker News · 2022-04
In The tech bubble that never burstI'd love this scene from Margin Call. I'm not familiar with each of these economic crashes that are mentioned, and I'm curious about the percentages never changing....seems to be very true. [VIDEO] It's a great scene and line that's always stayed with me. "It's certainly …
ianceicys on Hacker News · 2022-07
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