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INSIDE JOB
Inside Job

A 2010 documentary movie

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Straightlaced, but not exactly balanced

  • Mar 30, 2011
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You approve a bunch of subprime mortgages,  package those loans together into a CDO, then pay to get your CDO a “AAA” rating.  Then you sell that CDO to a retirement fund, and take out a policy with AIG…

Ok, I lost you.   Let me try again.

You buy a bunch of dogmeat.  Then you pay somebody to label it prime rib.  So you sell it as prime rib, and make big bucks, because dogmeat is cheap, but prime rib is expensive.  That’s bad enough.  But after that, you call up a bookie and place a bet on whether the person who eats the dogmeat you sold as prime rib will get sick or not.  So that when they go to the hospital, you get paid.

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From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson (“No End In Sight”), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. Narrated by Academy Award® winner Matt Damon, INSIDE JOB was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.
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Director: Charles Ferguson
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: October 8th, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG-13
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