När fyra outsiders förutspår det storbankerna, medierna och regeringen vägrat tro på, världsekonomins kollaps, får de en idé: The Big Short. En vågad investering leder dem till det moderna bankväsendets allra mörkaste hörn. Där måste de ifrågasätta allt och alla.
Bud Fox vet inget om finansvärldens skuggsidor när han ingår ett halvskumt kompanjonavtal med finansfursten Gordon Gekko. Men Fox hungrar efter pengar och framgång och Gekko är smart nog att utnyttja det. Han överlåter de ljusskygga uppdragen till Fox, som i gengäld får sin lyxlägenhet, älskarinna och efteråt moraliska skrupler.
En kämpande far försöker få tillbaka sin och familjens hem som de har blivit vräkta ifrån, så han börjar jobba för en girig fastighetsmäklare, som även är mannen som är anledningen till att han sitter i den situationen.
Seth Davies sköter ett litet kasino från sin egen lägenhet. Med sitt smarta sätt blir han rekryterad till stans nyaste, heta företag – en aggressiv organisation långt från traditionerna på Wall Street. Tränad av företagets främsta förmågor Chris och Greg, anpassar sig Seth snabbt till det nya livet fyllt av pengar och nöjen. Han blir till och med accepterad av sin pappa igen. När Seth sedan vinner hjärtat hos Greg´s ex-flickvän Abbie, verkar allt vara för bra för att vara sant. Men han ska snart få reda på den förödande sanningen om sin egen succé. Lika fort som han blev förförd av firman, lika fort inser han att han är fast i en fälla som kan kosta honom alltihop.
Den första filmen som avslöjar den chockerande sanningen bakom 2008 års finansiella kris. Den globala finansiella härdsmälta, som kostade över 20 biljoner dollar och resulterade i att miljoner människor förlorade sina hem och sina jobb. Genom omfattande research och intervjuer med personer högt uppsatta i den finansiella världen, politiker och journalister, visar filmen en bild av en falsk och girig industri och avslöjar de nedbrytande förhållanden som korrumperade politiken, regleringarna och akademin.
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small savers by offering them outstanding interest rates. Extremely popular, she makes no secret of her taste for the good things in life and her homosexual affairs. They will cost her dearly...
Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money herself by working part-time. She stretches every yen by leading a frugal life. yet, expenses come up. These include their daughter's upcoming wedding and the funeral expenses of the husband's father. Then, and at exactly the worst time, the couple finds itself unemployed.
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
«If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe»
Paul Craig Roberts
An overview on how bookkeeping is an important skill, particularly when it comes to running a business, a farm, or your personal finances.
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. The attempt to get the red suitcase that will save the day they rob the main vault at the EEC headquarters in Brussels and end up hijacking a tank.
What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's first digital currency, for the first time in history money is no longer controlled by banks or governments, but by the people who use it. But where did this currency come from? How does it work? And is it truly the way forward, or just a flash in the pan? Magic Money answers these questions and more as it explores the mysterious origins of Bitcoin, its role in society, and how it could shape the future.
Melting glaciers, gullied seas, the financial markets are about to collapse. Spectacular images of how growth continues to be blinding. Outside you can hardly see anything because of the smog and the smoke screen.
Karolina (Katarzyna Zawadzka) works in a bank, she is energetic, self-confident, go-getting. When the latest currency product comes into her hands - a loan in Swiss francs, the woman gets a great chance to prove herself. Having the full consent of his boss - Adam (Tomasz Karolak), he unscrupulously starts persuading clients to take the most risky and unfavorable investments. Jan (Jan Frycz) is the gray eminence of the Polish financiers. In his phone, he has contacts to the presidents of the largest banks in Poland. His cynical ideas and decisions affect the economy and the fate of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. Such as Artur (Rafał Zawierucha) - an ambitious head of an IT company who decides to use currency options to develop his business. His partner is Mateusz (Antoni Królikowski), who dreams of independence, his own place and the longed-for move away from his in-laws.
The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace prize winner, is known in the whole world as the banker of the poor, because he pioneered and tested a funding system in Bangladesh: by lending little sums of money to the less well-off with no interest, and returning it by installments gained with their work, people are able to get free from extreme misery. Thus, what can happen if three boys, just graduated, who live in Naples, try to import this funding system that subverts every economic rule?
Vienna, 1922. Due to a sudden financial tragedy, a young woman begins accepting checks from an older, rich gentleman for companionship in order for her to keep attending college. Their relationship is purely platonic, but eventually she begins a romance with the tutor of the older man's sons who has a completely wrong impression as to the nature of her arrangement with his employer.