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Boom Bust Boom
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Boom Bust Boom is a documentary about mankind's history of speculative bubbles, in which Terry Jones (Monty Python) investigates the worldwide economic crash of 2008, and how we can avoid another global collapse in the future.
Boom Bust Boom is a documentary about mankind's history of speculative bubbles, in which Terry Jones (Monty Python) investigates the worldwide economic crash of 2008, and how we can avoid another global collapse in the future.
Actors:
Lucy Prebble,
Dan Ariely,
Zvi Bodie,
Stuart Milligan,
John Cassidy,
Sweder van Wijnbergen,
Peter Dickson,
Laurie Santos,
Jon Culshaw,
Tony Hertz,
George Magnus,
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Lucy Prebble
1980, Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
Dan Ariely
Zvi Bodie
Stuart Milligan
10 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
John Cassidy
Sweder van Wijnbergen
7 April 1951, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Peter Dickson
Laurie Santos
Jon Culshaw
2 June 1968, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK
Tony Hertz
George Magnus
Genre:
History, Documentary
Director:
Terry Jones ,
Bill Jones
Terry Jones
1 February 1942, Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Bill Jones
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
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March 08, 2016
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March 10, 2016
For those who aren't automatically turned off by the idea of an issue-doc that Schoolhouse Rock-ifies a serious, grown-up subject, Boom Bust Boom is a worthwhile way to spend an hour.
March 07, 2016
From Monty Python's Terry Jones comes an amusing, informative breakdown of just what the hell is wrong with the economy and a few ideas on how to fix it.
March 14, 2016
A spunky and creative critique of neoclassical economics.
March 08, 2016
[A] breezy, puppet- and song-filled jaunt through the dismal science of economics.
March 11, 2016
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March 10, 2016
A remarkably enjoyable, and sometimes very funny, documentary about a frightening topic.
March 08, 2016
Jones presents a stark picture of a bifurcated economic system: the real one, in which ordinary citizens struggle; and the financial economy, in which the livelihoods of citizens are leveraged by the wealthy for speculative bets.
March 11, 2016
It's a terrible conceit with terrible execution...
March 08, 2016
The point of Boom Bust Boom, a friendly little pic hosted by Monty Python's Terry Jones, is that the world is little closer to acknowledging the causes of that trauma, and until we digest its lessons, something similar is bound to happen again.
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April 06, 2016
Treating our historically specific economic system as an extension of human nature, one which can be diagnosed by studying incipient monkey-capitalists, isn't much of an analysis.