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MONEY, POWER & WALL STREET – PBS Program FRONTLINE chronicles the global financial crisis, the inside story.

April 24 & May 1, 2012

Episode One of Four:  Inside the epic rise of a new financial order – and the trouble that followed (video 59:14)

Episode Two of Four:  How U.S. leaders struggled to respond to a financial crisis that caught them by surprise (video 54:32)

Episode Three of Four:  How Obama inherited a financial crisis that would define his first term (video 57:26)

Episode Four of Four: FRONTLINE probes a Wall Street culture that remains focused on risky trades (video 56:22)

NOTE:  For best viewing of this special video series, select “FULL SCREEN” on your device.

Episode One of Four:  Inside the epic rise of a new financial order – and the trouble that followed (video 59:14)

CHAPTER 1 OF 4:  A Brave New World of Banking – A group of young bankers make history with the creation of the credit default swap market – FRONTLINE
(video 20:05)

CHAPTER 2 OF 4:  Funding the American Dream – The Wall Street and mortgage lobbies successfully defeat attempts to regulate derivatives – FRONTLINE
(video 13:42)

CHAPTER 3 OF 4:  Marching Towards the Cliff – JPMorgan reassesses, pulls back from the mortgage market but other banks can’t get enough – FRONTLINE
(video 11:38)

CHAPTER 4 OF 4:  The Unraveling Begins – When the housing bubble burst, credit default swaps bring the global economy to its knees – FRONTLINE
(video 13:47)

Episode Two of Four:  How U.S. leaders struggled to respond to a financial crisis that caught them by surprise (video 54:32)

CHAPTER 1 OF 5:  Systemic Risk – Bear Sterns collapses, regulators fear its effects on the financial system – FRONTLINE
(video 13:31)

CHAPTER 2 OF 5:  The Summer of Assurances – The financial crisis becomes increasingly obvious, but there’s no decisive action. – FRONTLINE
(video 7:46)

CHAPTER 3 OF 5:  The Decision to Let Lehman Fail – Paulson bet the markets would take care of themselves but would soon learn he was wrong. – FRONTLINE
(video 11:29)

CHAPTER 4 OF 5:  AIG Gets a Bailout – A decision by Geithner means billions of U.S. government dollars flow to Wall Street – FRONTLINE
(video 9:31)

CHAPTER 5 OF 5:  A Turning Point? – Paulson decides on a dramatic use of the TARP money: capital injections to the banks. – FRONTLINE
(video 12:12)

Episode Three of Four:  How Obama inherited a financial crisis that would define his first term (video 57:26)

CHAPTER 1 OF 5:  Obama Inherits a Crisis – The president-elect faces a key decision: Who would serve on his economic team? – FRONTLINE
(video 14:49)

CHAPTER 2 OF 5:  A Financial Stability Plan – Geithner’s team decides on stress tests, but his speech announcing the plan is a disaster. – FRONTLINE
(video 9:11)

CHAPTER 3 OF 5:  A Showdown in the White House – Economic adviser Larry Summers suggests it’s time to break up a “too big to fail” bank. – FRONTLINE
(video 11:45)

CHAPTER 4 OF 5:  The Stress Tests Revealed – The results are positive – with no mention of billions in Fed loans propping up the banks. – FRONTLINE
(video 9:39)

CHAPTER 5 OF 5:  Summer ’09: Anger Boils Over – Obama revives a campaign to reform Wall St. but ultimately leaves the details to Congress. – FRONTLINE
(video 11:59)

Episode Four of Four: FRONTLINE probes a Wall Street culture that remains focused on risky trades (video 56:22)

CHAPTER 1 OF 4:  ”Everybody Was Making Money” – Despite the crisis, nothing seems to have really changed the culture of Wall Street. – FRONTLINE
(video 12:50)

CHAPTER 2 OF 4:  When Derivatives Deals Go Wrong – Banks promoted swaps to help cities lower debt payments. But then the markets crashed. – FRONTLINE
(video 15:11)

CHAPTER 3 OF 4:  Europe Was “Cooking Their Books” – In the 1990’s, bankers offered derivatives solutions to countries bidding to join the EU. – FRONTLINE
(video 15:51)

CHAPTER 4 OF 4:  Can the System Be Reformed? – While Occupy Wall Street takes to the streets, another battle is being fought in D.C. – FRONTLINE
(video 12:28)

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