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The most recent financial crisis that wracked the global economy bears a striking resemblance to crises of the recent past (and, most likely, to the next crisis, which some economists warn is not far off). Few people have gone to jail for the damage their actions caused. Tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State's Economics and Finance Department hosts the first in a series of films and panel discussions about the finance industry and the origins and consequences of the crises it often has a hand in provoking.

The first film is Brian De Palma’s 1990 film version of Tom Wolfe’s 1987 best-selling novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, a gleeful portrait of 1980s Wall Street excesses and malfeasance, race and class conflicts, and political corruption—in short, a portrait of an era that bears a great resemblance to our current predicament. Panelists include Buffalo State faculty members Albie Michaels, Bruce Fisher, and Ted P. Schmidt and Artvoice editor Geoff Kelly. Panel members will talk briefly before the film.