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Boom Bust Boom
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Boom Bust Boom is a documentary about mankind's history of speculative bubbles, in which Terry Jones (Monty Python) investigates the worldwide economic crash of 2008, and how we can avoid another global collapse in the future.
Boom Bust Boom is a documentary about mankind's history of speculative bubbles, in which Terry Jones (Monty Python) investigates the worldwide economic crash of 2008, and how we can avoid another global collapse in the future.
Actors:
Lucy Prebble,
Terry Jones,
Willem Buiter,
Laurie Santos,
Philip Bulcock,
André Jacquemin,
Dirk Bezemer
Lucy Prebble
1980, Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
Terry Jones
1 February 1942, Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Willem Buiter
Laurie Santos
Philip Bulcock
1970, Bury, Greater Manchester, Manchester, England, UK
André Jacquemin
16 January 1952, England, UK
Dirk Bezemer
Genre:
History, Documentary
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
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March 07, 2016
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It's a terrible conceit with terrible execution...
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