Armchair Critic: Lessons on the financial crisis via Hollywood

Five reasons to see The Big Short

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PA's Armchair Critic has been to the pictures. Brendan Llewellyn saw The Big Short and this is what he learned...

Last night I saw The Big Short featuring Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Brad Pitt as some of the few who bet against the US housing market at a time when it looked, well, as safe as houses. If you work in financial services - and I guess that if you're reading this then you do - then go and see this film. All about the 2008 crash, the fall of the sub-prime lenders and the resulting collapse of several banks in the US and a major wobble for the world's economic system. The Big Short, does a great job, via straight to camera pieces from celebrity chefs and supermodels, at explaining s...

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