About this episode
In Part 4 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid explore the initial takes that attempted to explain the cause of the crisis through film. Topics and films mentioned: The Big Short (Book) The Inside Job , 2010, directed by Charles Ferguson Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , 2010, directed by Oliver Stone David Byrne Platoon , Natural Born Killers , Wall Street (Films of Oliver Stone) Neoliberalism , neoclassical economics , & crisis theory Moral hazard The Social Network , 2010, directed by David Fincher Pirates of the Silicon Valley , 1999, directed by Martyn Burke Wikipedia of The Social Network - Claim that it inspired people The Town , 2010, directed by Ben Affleck YouTube: Male Weepies by Broey Deschanel Wall Street review by Peter Bradshaw True Grit , 2010, directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen