THE VIDEO SHELF · 2008 financial crisis
Inside Job (2010 Full Documentary Movie)
The full 2010 documentary Inside Job, directed by Charles Ferguson, examines the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis. It traces the story through interviews with key financial and political players across several countries.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as an informative account of how the 2008 crisis developed and spread, and of conflicts of interest among economists and bankers.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Aditya Shukla
- Topic
- 2008 financial crisis
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
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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> Can someone here enlighten me how a default can be "contagious"? The 2010 movie "Inside Job"[1] about financial crisis in US presents real-life examples, starting with the Icelandic financial crisis. There is also this Warren Buffet interview[2] which presents his unique viewpoint on what …
hericium on Hacker News · 2021-12
In Evergrande has defaulted on its debt, Fitch Ratings saysInside Job (2010) - documentary about the 2008 financial crisis and policies leading up to that years before. Sort of like the documentary version of The Big Short. Narrated by Matt Damon. Interesting and informative about the catalysts for the crisis. Full movie on YouTube: …
PKop on Hacker News · 2022-09
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