Inside job - silent satire

Angie 2022-09-11 10:48:01

As a documentary, it can be five stars: time series is clear, professional terms are explained clearly, data charts are clear at a glance, interviews are rich and informative

The so-called "guardianism", bank executives, politicians, economists, as long as almost no one in this chain of interests can prove their innocence, who will pay the final bill? the poorest taxpayer

There are two very ironic points: 1. Some of the key figures in the financial crisis who promoted deregulation decisions or profited from the crisis refused to be interviewed, so the film subtitles "someone refused to be interviewed" into the film "silent". Shengshengshengsheng” 2 quoted a Chinese economist: “Why do financial engineers get paid several times, or even a hundred times, the salary of real engineers? Engineers build bridges, and financial engineers create dreams. And when those dreams turn into nightmares, those who pay the bills Always someone else.

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Inside Job quotes

  • title card: The presidents of Harvard University and Columbia University refused to comment on academic conflicts of interest. - Both declined to be interviewed for this film.

  • interviewer: On your CV the title of this report has been changed from "Financial Stability in Iceland" to "Financial *In*stability in Iceland."

    Frederic Mishkin: Um, well, I don't know. Er, which, er whatever it is, is - the thing - if there's a typo, there's a typo.