Scott Lincicome, The Dispatch’s economics guru and author of the Capitolism newsletter, joins Sarah to fact check The Big Short’s retelling of the 2008 financial crisis and explain how the movie accurately portrayed finance bros. What actually caused the financial crisis? Is The Big Short a story of extreme luck or extreme expertise? And is Braveheart the best movie of all time?
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