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Inside Job Analytical Report
INSIDE JOB. " Was the 2008 MELTDOWN avoidable?"

Memorandum of Transmittal
To: Sir Azmat Ahmad Ansari From: Syeda Benazir Burhan Date: 28/2/2013 Subject: Analytical Report on the Documentary 'Inside Job' In response to your request of 14/2/2013, I have analyzed the documentary Inside job. I'm pleased to present enclosed report, which summarizes the financial break down in the year 2008, described in the documentary. Based on my analysis, the subject of Inside Job is the global financial crisis of 2008. It features research and extensive interviews with financiers, politicians, journalists, and academics. The film follows a narrative that is split into five parts. The film focuses on changes in the financial industry in the decade leading up to the crisis, the political movement toward deregulation, and how the development of complex trading such as the derivatives market allowed for large increases in risk taking that circumvented older regulations that were intended to control systemic risk.

I would like to thank Sir Azmat Ahmad Ansari for showing us the documentary, it was a great source of help in developing my analytical report on the financial crisis caused in the eyar 2008. Feel free to call, if you want to discuss the report or require any additional information.

Table of Contents:
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Contents Memorandum of Transmittal Executive Summary Analytical Report on the documentary 'Inside Job' a. Introduction

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Part (i): "How we got here?" c. Part (ii): "The Bubble" d. Part (iii): "The Crisis" e. Part (iv): "Accountability" f. Part (v): "Where are we now?" Biblography Appendix Glossary Index
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Executive Summary
Inside Job is a documentary by Charles Ferguson, about the causes of the global financial crisis of 2008. The basic premise of Inside Job is that the global financial crisis of 2008 was the effect of a series of causes beginning in the 1970s. These causes most prominently include - (i) deregulation that allowed

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