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Backlight: The Power of the Rating Agencies

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Documentary - Human Interest & Society

53'

It is simply reading tea leaves.

Credit rating a country is nothing but a guessing game,” says Jerome Fonds, former Moody’s executive. Who are these credit rating agencies anyway? What do they base their ratings on? And are their ratings of companies and countries even correct? Backlight tells the story of the rating agencies, their impact on the financial markets, and their role on the world stage.

Documentary
Martijn Kieft
2012
VPRO
53'
VPRO
 

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