More than a decade later, the 2008 financial crisis still looms large over the United States. What exactly happened? Why did the world fall apart, seemingly in the blink of an eye? And how could people be that goddamn greedy?

The collapse of the world’s economy has been covered in detail via numerous award-winning films. On this episode, we’re focusing on two: the drama Margin Call and the documentary Inside Job. We also welcome back our very special guest Dr. Chris, who has spent a month researching this crisis and has some detailed pearls of wisdom to share on what went wrong.

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