PBS Frontline Documentaries
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Inside the Meltdown (2/17/2009)
How the economy went so bad, so fast and what Paulson and Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix.
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Ten Trillion and Counting (3/24/2009)
Observers warn that the United States' reliance on borrowing to fund essential programs is a dangerous gamble. For the first time, investors are beginning to question the ability of federal government to meet its growing financial obligations, and fading confidence can have dire consequences. "You might have a situation where there is one day when the government says we need to sell several billion dollars of bonds, and nobody shows," Economist reporter Greg Ip tells FRONTLINE. "No money to pay the Social Security checks, no money to give to the states for their Medicaid programs. Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut."
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The Madoff Affair (5/12/2009)
Inside the world's first global Ponzi scheme - and how he got away with it for so long...
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Breaking the Bank (6/16/2009)
The inside story of one of the most controversial moments in America's financial crisis - and its ongoing drama
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The Warning (10/20/2009)
Long before the economic meltdown, one woman tried to warn about the threat to the financial system...
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The Card Game (11/23/2009)
Investigating the massive consumer loan industry and what's ahead for banks and consumers...
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Money, Power, and Wall Street (4/24/2012)
As Wall Street innovated, its revenues skyrocketed, and financial institutions of all stripes tied their fortunes to one another. FRONTLINE probes deeply into the story of the big banks -- how they developed, how they profited, and how the model that produced unfathomable wealth planted the seeds of financial destruction.
Six Million Dollar Bet (5/22/2012)
The story of Jon Corzine, the former head of Goldman Sachs and political power broker, who took over MF Global in the spring of 2010 with oversize ambition and a passion for risk. But after a massive bet on European debt turned sour, the firm lay in ruins, with more than a billion dollars of customer funds missing.
The Untouchables (1/22/2013)
FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution for any fraud related to the sale of bad mortgages.
The Retirement Gamble (4/23/2013)
The Retirement Gamble raises troubling questions about how America’s financial institutions protect our retirement savings.