The Big Short

Economist Alex Imas will introduce this screening and lead a discussion after the film.

This Academy Award nominated film is an insightful and oftentimes humorous look at all the factors that led up to the 2008 housing crisis. Director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Vice) focuses on the big players in the finance industry that were either involved in or directly affected by this scandal that rocked the United States to its core. Adapted from the 2010 book of the same name, THE BIG SHORT boasts an all star cast composed of Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Brad Pitt.

Alex Imas studies behavioral economics with a focus on how people understand and mentally represent the choices they are facing. His research explores topics related to how people learn and make choices in settings with risk and uncertainty. He also studies the economics of artificial intelligence and discrimination. Alex’s work utilizes a variety of methods, including controlled laboratory experiments, field experiments, analysis of observational data and theoretical modeling.

Alex is the recipient of the 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the Review of Financial Studies Rising Scholar Award, the New Investigator Award from the Behavioral Science and Policy Association, the Hillel Einhorn New Investigator Award from the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. He is the co-author, with Richard Thaler, of The Winner’s Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of the European Economic Association and on the editorial board of Psychological Science.

Director Adam McKay

Cast Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt

Country USA

Language English

Aspect 2.39

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