Terry Jones guides us through the history and the nature of the economic boom-bust cycle and why people repeatedly ignore it to their sorrow.Terry Jones guides us through the history and the nature of the economic boom-bust cycle and why people repeatedly ignore it to their sorrow.Terry Jones guides us through the history and the nature of the economic boom-bust cycle and why people repeatedly ignore it to their sorrow.
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Robert Shiller
- Self - Nobel Prize Winner, Economic Sciences
- (as Robert J. Shiller)
Dirk Bezemer
- Self - Associate Professor of Economics
- (as Dirk J. Bezemer)
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Bland for economists could be fun and helpful for others.
It was an enjoyable hour but by no means was it groundbreaking. For someone who is not intimately acquainted with economics Boom Bust Boom could be an enjoyable lighthearted crash course in the 2008 recession and a few other basic economic theories/concepts. For economists and anyone studying economics, such as myself, the film is lacking any kind of in depth discussion of the finer details relating to the 2008 recession and does not really tell you anything that you do not already know about the recession and the field of economics. It relies almost entirely on quotes and discussion by some notable, and some not notable, economists and academics. I can only recall a few actual data points being used, such as the size of the government bailouts paid to failing banks. So, Boom Bust Boom should not be taken as a serious economic analysis, it gives you the quick and dirty outline of the 2008 recession and the crisis tendency of capitalism but does not go much further.
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- paulrsavoie
- Apr 19, 2016
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- Boom Bust Boom Bust Boom - Your Part in Ruining the Economy
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- Gross US & Canada
- $6,896
- Gross worldwide
- $6,896
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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