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Bird and Fortune - Subprime Crisis

kerviel88888 · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Satire & parodyMacroeconomics & financial crises

What it is

John Bird and John Fortune satirize the investment banking mindset in a mock interview about the subprime mortgage crisis. The sketch lampoons structured credit products and the banks' reassurances shortly before the crash.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a funny but accurate send-up of banker thinking, noting that comedians grasped the crisis before Lehman collapsed.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2008, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “For something lighthearted and more related to today”

    Lighthearted BBC comedy take on the subprime crisis.

    ra, 2008-10 · Recommendation · in “The Commanding Heights - 6hr documentary on the global economy (2003)”

  2. “at least comedians seemed to understand the crisis several months before Lehman crashed”

    Satirical interview that accurately captured banker mindset before Lehman.

    pdfernhout, 2018-09 · Recommendation · in “Post-crash economics: have we learnt nothing?”

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Topics: subprime, financial crisis, satire, investment banking, structured credit

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