The Flaw (2011)

January 21, 2011 (GB) • Documentary • 78m

Overview

The story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash. Through interviews with some of the world's leading economists, including housing expert Robert Shiller, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and economic historian Louis Hyman, as well as Wall Street insiders and victims of the crash including Ed Andrews - a former economics correspondent for The New York Times who found himself facing foreclosure - and Andrew Luan, once a bond trader at Deutsche Bank now running his own Wall Street tour guide business, the film presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy.

Director

David Sington

Writer

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Top Billed

Robert Shiller

Keywords

interview banking wall street global economy economy economics financial crisis mortgage expert opinion financial crash housing bubble economic bubble