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Bird and Fortune Satire the Subprime Crisis

kerviel88888 · Comedy · YouTube title: Bird and Fortune - Subprime Crisis
Why it's here

HN points to it as a funny but accurate send-up of banker thinking, noting that comedians grasped the crisis before Lehman collapsed.

What it covers

John Bird and John Fortune satirize the investment banking mindset in a mock interview about the subprime mortgage crisis. The sketch lampoons structured credit products and the banks' reassurances shortly before the crash.