

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Big Short (2015) | w/ Economist Alex Imas
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Our Prof Pick Series continues with the 2015 movie THE BIG SHORT. Economist Alex Imas will introduce this screening and lead a discussion after the film. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: princetongardentheatre.org/specials

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲: 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.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿: 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.
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 $𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿! Memberships start at just $40 a year. Learn more at princetongardentheatre.org/membership
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/princeton/the-big-short-2015-|-w-economist-alex-imas/200029620225858
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, literary-art, nonprofit, artificial-intelligence
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://princetongardentheatre.org/specials/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=princeton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Princeton
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Princeton Garden Theatre
- **lat**: 40.35066
- **long**: -74.65756
- **full address**: Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542-7006, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Princeton Garden Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/princeton-garden-theatre/7614583)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542-7006, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Princeton Garden Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, literary-art, nonprofit, artificial-intelligence
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Big Short (2015) | w/ Economist Alex Imas ?
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