I did not grow up in, often dream in Hollywood would be like feeling. However, this illusion has been far-fetched, my professional career started in academia, in Tajikistan's remote mountainous areas for anthropological research on local marriage customs, and then I became the "Financial Times" reporter, reporting some of the same professional issues, such as Japanese banks and collateralized debt obligations (CDO).
However, the credit crunch to a variety of unexpected ways changed the world. Not long ago, Sony Pictures (Sony Pictures) released a film called "embezzlement" (Inside Job) the documentary, the theme is the financial crisis. The narrator is the star of "Bourne Identity" series of films and famous Hollywood actor Matt • Damon (Matt Damon). The film also interviews with George • Soros (George Soros), Christine Lagarde • (Christine Lagarde), Paul • Volcker (Paul Volcker) and Luliaier • Roubini (Nouriel Roubini), etc. important people. In addition, I also first appeared in the movie screen, but unfortunately the skin close-up exposure to the truth. (To remind ourselves: when the next multi-purpose lens on mascara.)
Although Matt Damon • may not be an accident, but according to me no matter what standard, this career change is very strange. I started writing five years ago, the financial article, this topic is extremely boring, professional full range of children, so ignore the mainstream of society. Stimulate interest in the banking industry can not afford to Hollywood. Although Matt Damon plays Jason • • Bourne (Jason Bourne) in the drama involved in the CIA (CIA) of the "stumbling block" covert operations, or other shady secret accounts probably no stranger to the organization, but if Yingwu Dimon, who presumably would not dream of even CDOs (collateralized debt obligations, Collateralized Debt Obligation abbreviation.)
But now the financial industry has become notorious, and even some sexy almost. In addition to Damon starred in this film other than cost, this fall, several other movies with the release on the financial industry, including the "Wall Street: Money Never Sleep" (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), and a little about AIDS Special • Spitzer (Eliot Spitzer) and the financial predators of the struggle "九号 customer" (Client 9). Next year there are about a Lehman (Lehman) bankruptcy of the film release, Wall Street rumors, in the play • Lloyd Blankfein (Lloyd Blankfein) will be bald loquacious • Danny DeVito (Danny DeVito) to play Goldman Sachs (Goldman Sachs) will probably not like this arrangement. • Damon and Jamie (Jamie Dimon) is the glamorous old man in police • Kiel (Richard Gere) to play.
Sudden popularity is the financial sector a good thing? Is not the case for me. Last month, I participated in the "embezzlement" at the Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto International Film Festival) on the premiere, I was deeply depressed. Most of my career, was able to observe the others hiding behind the lens, to see their share of the 30-foot face on the big screen really made me consternation.
But in a broader social sense, this film came out I would be excited. Because filming "embezzlement", behind the power of the Western world an important mode of operation explained.
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In the past few years, or since the financial crisis begins when the bankers are doing the outbreak of public anger. After all, the popular narrative is that the bankers exhausted complex game, letting himself become very rich. The rich at the expense of the interests of everyone else, so people often assume that the bankers deliberately concealed their complex game.
In fact, only half of the popular narrative is correct. Indeed, some bankers made a lot of extremely stupid, extremely irresponsible move, many people have indeed become rich. However, this is not because the bankers deliberately conceal their business activities (indeed, some people have to conceal), the more important issue is that all of the credit bubble is not concerned about the accumulation period, for a strong financial sector issues not raised. Anthropology term borrowing, CDO represents a "social silence" of the area. Everyone (including Hollywood included) to the community in this region have turned a blind eye, so unscrupulous bankers to engage in clear sight hidden in a dangerous game. This is not a conspiracy, but because the West side of the financial activities labeled "boring" tag, while they enjoy the cheap mortgages.
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