Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary directed by Charles Ferguson and narrated by Matt Damon, examining the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis. Ferguson structured the film in five parts tracing how deregulation, subprime mortgage lending, complex instruments such as collateralized debt obligations, and credit rating agency practices combined to produce the crisis, alongside a pointed examination of conflicts of interest among academic economists who advised the financial industry while publicly downplaying its risks. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011 and the Directors Guild and Writers Guild awards for documentary filmmaking, and was widely praised for laying out a technically complex subject in accessible terms.
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Did Inside Job change anything in academic economics?
Yes. It was followed by improved disclosure standards at the American Economic Association.
Charles Ferguson's film dwelt on conflicts of interest in academic research, where economists who advised the financial industry were often paid consultants whose ties were not disclosed in their papers. Wikipedia reports that this led to improved disclosure standards at the American Economic Association.
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Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary directed by Charles Ferguson and narrated by Matt Damon, examining the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis.
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Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary film, directed by Charles Ferguson, about the 2008 financial crisis.
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