
‘Inside Job’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some drug and sex-related material
Principal Cast: Matt Damon, William Ackman and Daniel Alpert
Director: Charles Ferguson

A systematic look at the root causes of the American mortgage crises.
Themes: Finances, Investment, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism
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Before the economic collapse, the world’s largest insurance company, AIG, was selling massive quantities of credit default swaps.
Themes: Investment, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism, Finances
2:30
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After purposefully selling clients toxic investments and then betting against them to fail, Goldman Sachs executives were forced to testify before congress. *Warning* - this clip contains some language
Themes: Finances, Investment, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Corruption, Ethics
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The world’s top ratings agencies received payments from investment firms to give their securities AAA ratings.
Themes: Finances, Investment, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism, Corruption
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After the economic collapse, the financial engineers of the collapse were allowed to keep the billions of dollars they made along the way.
Themes: Finances, Investment, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism, Corruption
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The biggest banks became bigger, more powerful, and more influential in Washington following the economic collapse.
Themes: Finances, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism, Corruption, Ethics
1:33
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After running an economic campaign of Wall Street reform and regulation, the Obama administration has only perpetuated the problem.
Themes: Finances, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism, Corruption, Ethics
3:21
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Even after big banks and investment firms engineered the collapse of our economy, these same institutions and people will remain in power if we do nothing.
Themes: Finances, Business, Greed, Money, Economy, Risk, Capitalism, Corruption, Ethics
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