The Flaw
2011 · Movie · 78 min · ★ 6.8 · 78% critics
This documentary explores how a credit-fueled housing boom helped trigger the global financial crash. Using interviews with economists, market insiders, and people directly affected, it breaks down the mix of incentives, policies, and risky lending that pushed the system toward collapse.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-01-21
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (12 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a clear, interview-driven breakdown of the 2008-era crash with charts and real-world stories; Not for you if you want a purely neutral take or prefer The Big Short-style storytelling.
Pros: informative and educational; easy to digest; compelling interviews | Cons: perceived political bias; superficial for some; too much personal focus
Themes
- interview
- banking
- wall street
- global economy
- economy
- economics
- financial crisis
- mortgage
- expert opinion
- financial crash
- housing bubble
- economic bubble
Cast & crew
- RS
Robert Shiller
as Self - Professor of Economics, Yale University
- RF
Robert Frank
as Self - Professor of Economics, Cornell University
Joseph Stiglitz
as Self - Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Dan Ariely
as Self - Professor of Behavioural Economics, Duke University
Directed by David Sington