Inside the meltdown /

Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film 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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Kirk Documentary Group, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Home Video
Other Authors:	Kirk, Michael, Gilmore, Jim, Wiser, Mike, Rhodes, Peter, Lyman, Will
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [2009]
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Financial crises > United States. Bank failures > United States. Mortgages > United States. Mortgage loans > United States. Subprime mortgage loans > United States. Housing > United States > Finance. Banks and banking > United States. Foreclosure > United States. Stock exchanges > United States > History. Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century. United States > Economic conditions. Bear, Stearns & Co. Federal National Mortgage Association. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Television programs > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
First tremors
Deal to save Bear Stearns
Next crisis: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Let Lehman fail
As markets start crashing
Contagion goes global
Credits.