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Documentaries About The 2008 Financial Crisis


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Documentaries about the financial crisis

We must not forget:

  • Very few people or companies were punished for causing the 2008 crisis.
  • No substantial reforms were put in place to prevent another crisis.
  • By bailing out big banks they were encouraged to continue their mischief.

Viewable online:

  • FRONTLINE The Untouchables
  • BBC The Money Trap: How Banks Control the World Through Debt
  • BBC Masters of Money 1: The Love of Money (2012)
  • BBC Masters of Money 2: Friedrich Hayek (2012)
  • BBC Masters of Money 3: Karl Marx (2012)
  • Max Keiser: Hotspots/Greece (2011)
  • BBC Fall of Lehman Brothers (2009?)
  • CBC: Meltdown (2010?) 4-part series
  • IOUSA (2008)
  • PBS: Breaking the Bank (2009)
  • Max Keiser: Hotspots/Ireland (2012)
  • Max Keiser: Browns Bottom (2009)
  • Max Keiser: Money Geyser (2007)
  • In Debt We Trust (2012)
  • Inequality - how wealth becomes power

On DVD:

  • The Flaw (2011)
  • The Best Government Money Can Buy (2010)
  • End of the Road: How money became worthless (2012)
  • Inside Job (2010)
  • Maxed Out (2006)

Animations:

  • Bank Bailouts Explained by Omid Malekan
  • Quantitative Easing Explained by Omid Malekan
  • Quantitative Easing Revisited by Omid Malekan
  • The Crisis of Credit by Jonathan Jarvis
  • MF Global dialogue by Ron Hera

Specifically about student debt:

  • Scholarslip (2012)
  • CNBC: The Price of Admission (2011)
  • News Hour: Student Loans (2012)
  • Default: Student Loan documentary (2011)

About the rich:

  • Jamie Johnson: The One Percent (2006)
  • Jamie Johnson: Born Rich (2003)


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