
Documentary Style
HistoricalInside Job
Complex economics made crystal clear. This Oscar-winning exposé reveals who caused the 2008 crisis and why they got away with it. Essential, enraging, empowering viewing.
Year
2010
Type
film
Runtime
209 min
Language
English
Director
Charles Ferguson
Genres
Summary
The 2008 financial crisis wiped out $20 trillion, cost millions of people their homes and jobs, and plunged the world into recession—yet it wasn't an accident.
This Oscar-winning documentary exposes the unholy alliance between Wall Street, government regulators, and elite academia that enabled the crisis. Through confrontational interviews that make executives squirm and economists stammer, the film names names and follows the money—revealing that those who caused the crisis faced no criminal prosecution and many received bonuses while ordinary Americans lost everything.
A crucial reminder that without accountability and reform, history will repeat itself—and understanding how this happened is the first step toward demanding better from those in power.