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Quants - The alchemists of Wall Street

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Production
2010, Netherlands
Original language
English
Running time
00:50:00
Genre
documentary
Topic
society, mathematics
Directed by
Marije Meerman
Produced by
VPRO

What are the risks of treating the economy and its markets as a complex machine? Will we be able to keep control of this model-based financial system, or have we created a monster? Quants are the smart math wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial products that almost crashed Wall Street. The credit crunch has shown how the global financial system has become increasingly dependent on mathematical models trying to quantify human (economic) behaviour. Now the quants are back to business in yet another technological revolution in finance: high frequency trading or trading at the speed of light. A story about greed, fear and randomness from the insides of Wall Street.

Pariscience

Selected at Pariscience 2010 - Audacity Prize
See the showing : Saturday 09th October 2010 from 19h30 to 21h00