Washington, D.C. premiere of ‘Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis’
Past Event
On Tuesday, December 11, Brookings hosted a screening of “Vice Special Report: Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis.” The film is a collaboration of Vice and HBO that “provides the definitive look inside the most successful—and most loathed—taxpayer-funded bailout in history.” The film includes interviews with Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, Josh Bolten, and Jamie Dimon.
Following the screening, the film’s director John Maggio joined an expert panel to respond to the film’s narrative of the crisis and discuss the importance of any narrative to public understanding and policymaking moving forward.
Agenda
Introduction
David Wessel
Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Film Screening: Vice Special Report: Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Panel Discussion
Neil Irwin
Senior Economics Correspondent - The New York Times
Author - “The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire”
John Maggio
Director - "Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis"
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