welcome back to another video and this
week I'm looking at the top 5 films for
economic students this is a video I made
for the good people at project Elon a
link to their channel will be in the
description below my name's Joshua and
let's get into it
money monster is an epic crime drama
with a fantastic cast and the story
ultimately centers around one man's
reaction to losing money after following
financial advice on a popular live
broadcast that commentates on the stock
market as many economic students will
venture into a role that offers certain
levels some aspect of financial advice
it's important to understand that behind
the glitz and glamour of the dream of
making a fortune of real people with
real money going by nothing but your
word that they can positively change
their financial situation a film well
worth watching especially if you're
looking into financial advising a
healthy economy is what drives
employment by creating and maintaining
and need for jobs so it goes about
saying that an unhealthy economy will do
the opposite and cause less or zero jobs
being created with current  jobs being a
threat the company man follows three
men who was climbing the career ladder
of success only for the recession and
the round of layoffs to see them join
the unemployment line the film shows the
impact this has on their lifestyle their
families and their self-worth and I
don't want to give too much away if you
haven't seen this film think go give it
a watch so when an unhealthy economy is
putting people out of jobs and driving
down salaries it goes without saying
that we can expect people's homes to
come under threat as well and in 99
homes we see Andrew Garfield providing
an emotional roller coaster when he not
only loses his home but his only way of
survival is to work for the man who took
it away and help him take away more
homes for other people definitely a film
for anyone looking to get into real
estate mortgages banking and I urge you
to watch it now margin call does have
similarities to the company men as you
see a company going through a round of
layoffs however they also discover
they're on the brink of a recession and
we see the inner workings and the people
involved when a company has to make
changes literally overnight that impacts
not only the people who work for the
company but the businesses the companies
work with as the company fights for
survival margin call has a fantastic
cast to keep you hooked and I've got
give it a mention a standout scene for
me is where we hear about the impact
just building a bridge has made for
millions of people in contrast to what
they do now in the financial sector so
that one little bridge has saved the
people of those two communities have
combined 1531 years of their lives not
wasted
so just before we go to my number one
here are some honorable mentions perhaps
too much of a documentary for myself to
the list it as a top film the inside job
is still a good watch for any economic
students wanting to understand the
elements that led to the financial crash
similarly too big to fail follows the
2008 recession as it looks how the
financial leaders we have to try and
weather the storm another film for any
economic or financial students now my
number one film for economic students if
you knew the housing crisis was coming
what would you do in the big short we
see the true events unfold as the few
who knew about this inevitable housing
collapse respond by betting against the
security of the housing market in other
words they take out insurance for huge
payouts if people couldn't pay their
mortgages something that people really
didn't think was possible this is a film
that does not shy away from technical
jargon or entertaining methods of
explaining its course it also looks at
some of the key influences of the
collapse such as the brokers making the
deals and those purchasing not one but as
many as three houses mean all year long
"I have five houses and a condo"
the Big Short is a film you simply have
to watch if you're an economic student
or anything to do with the financial
sector do you think I've missed out any
films are there any TV shows that also
touch on the economy or the financial
sector let me know in the comments as
well as any other degree subjects that
you would like me to find the best films
to watch my name is Joshua please like
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