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Frontline: Inside the Meltdown (PBS)

Frontline: Inside the Meltdown (PBS)

Film · 60 min

FRONTLINE investigates the cause of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. INSIDE THE MELTDOWN chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the$700 billion bailout. The film examines what the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix.

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  1. PositivedragontamerNov 1, 2021

    For 2008, I think one of the most approachable references is the PBS "Inside the Meltdown": https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/

    * https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/meltdown/

    The 2012 lookback has a bit more depth, since it had more time to do interviews and stuff: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/money-power-wall-street/

    There's of course, "The Big Short" if you want a stupid 2-hour movie. But that movie glosses over so many details and is straight up hyperbole at many points... so its not "realistic" but maybe a better thing to watch if you really don't want to put in much effort?

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    I guess my post was based off of the Bloomberg blogpost "Looking for Tether’s Money" by Matt Levine. So read that for my original inspiration, though you may need a Bloomberg subscription to be able to read it.