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Title The flaw : markets, money, mortgages and the great American meltdown / Molinare ; a Studio Lambert production in association with Dartmouth Films ; directed by David Sington ; [produced by Stephen Lambert and Christopher Hird].

Publication Info. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2010]
©2010

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 Moore Video  HB3717 2008 .F63 2010    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD.
Note Some credits from disc label.
Performer Robert Shiller, Robert Frank, Joseph Stiglitz, Dan Ariely, Robert Wade, Louis Hyman, George Cooper, Jim Fink, Steve Pennington, Jim O'Neill, Nell Minow, Sarah Ludwig, Josh Zinner, Ed Andrews, Andrew Luan, Antoinette Coffi-Ahibo, Steve Nahas, Rose Alfono, Lawrence Citarelli, Alex Chardiet.
Credits Cinematography, Clive North ; editor, David Fairhead ; music, Philip Sheppard.
Note "Copyright Beak Street Films, Ltd., 2010"
Summary Inspired by former U.S. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's acknowledgment that he'd found a flaw in his model of how the world worked, 'The flaw' attempts to explain the underlying causes of the financial crisis in more depth than any documentary to date. The film tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash, and presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy.
Contents Welcome to Wall Street! -- Parsing the problem -- Greenspan finds the flaw -- The optimism of standard economics -- The efficient market hypothesis -- The anomaly of bubbles -- The explosion of capitalism -- The housing bubble -- The instability of asset markets -- Greenspan's self-stabilizing financial system -- The golden 50s : lowest income inequality -- 70s : income growth only at the top -- The 20s credit bubble as a precursor -- Profit from credit feeds bank bonuses -- Globalization and industrialization hit wages -- Real estate in the Hamptons -- Trickle down asset bubbles -- The dynamics of the housing bubble -- Mortgages in the 20s and the founding of the FHA -- Red-lined districts flooded with credit -- The rise of CDOs -- Liars' loans and no ratio loans -- Predatory lending and the foreclosure crisis -- The refinancing gamble -- Upwards redistribution of American income -- Consolidating debt by refinancing -- Housing bubble bursts -- Not enough time to sell -- Connection lost, people hurt -- Instability of income inequality -- Where are they now?
Awards Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection ; Boulder Film Festival, Official Selection ; Sheffield Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection.
Language In English with optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Subject Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
Economic history -- 1990-
Economic history.
Chronological Term 1990-
Subject Financial crises.
Financial crises.
Capitalism -- History -- 21st century.
Capitalism.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Banks and banking -- History -- 21st century.
Banks and banking.
International economic relations.
International economic relations.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Sington, David.
Lambert, Stephen, 1959-
Hird, Christopher.
Shiller, Robert J.
Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Hyman, Louis, 1977-
North, Clive.
Molinare (Firm)
Studio Lambert.
Dartmouth Films (Firm)
Beak Street Films (Firm)
Bullfrog Films.
ISBN 1594588708
9781594588709