OPEN TO FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS

Reception with Q&A panel prior to screening of "Inside Job" will be held from 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pizza and drinks with be served. Screening will start from 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Film Description: From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson (“No End In Sight”), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. Narrated by Academy Award® winner Matt Damon, INSIDE JOB was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.

Q & A Participants: Sigga Benediktsdottir, the Director of Financial Stability at the Bank of Iceland, who is featured in the movie will participate in a discussion afterwards. Also on the panel will be Arthur MacEwan, a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, who has written extensively on equality and inequality. This event is sponsored jointly by the Economics Department, The Rosenberg Institute at IBS, and The Department of Sociology.

Contact: Meredith Robitaille