FRONTLINE | Inside the Meltdown | Sneak Peek 2 | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/frontline/meltdown Buy the DVD at http://www.shoppbs.org/entry.point?entry=3450831&source=PBSCS_YOUTUBE_FRL... In this sneak peek from "Inside the Meltdown," FRONTLINE examines the final hours leading up to the deal between Bear Stearns and JP Morgan, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's attempts to discourage moral hazard.

In "Inside the Meltdown," airing Tuesday, February 17 at 9 pm on PBS, 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, Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG, and the $700 billion bailout. Inside the Meltdown examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix. Watch online at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/meltdown To purchase DVD's of this episode of FRONTLINE go to http://www.shoppbs.org/entry.point?entry=3450831&source=PBSCS_YOUTUBE_FRL...

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[kendjo]

i cant wait

[huhreally]

wow...

[ekeyra]

Paulson was a free marketeer?! I laughed so hard I think i pissed myself

[hellojulie]

i wish more ppl watched PBS

[azothdaco]

Wake up! It is both parties who are bought and sold. Corporations own the government.

[cavetrollhead]

The focus on Bear Stearns is bogus. This focus on Bear Stearns is so misleading. Yea they acted stupidly and Poulsen was ruthless, but It was Fannie and Freddie. Everything else just iced it. It wasn't Bernanke either. It was FAnnie and Freddie - pushed by Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and by the Clinton administration, who let the CRA to force banks to make bad loans. All this other stuff is just bogus.

[lialammas]

No responsibility??? how about greedy... does the Market in Wall Street could exist without that greedy energy around them 24/7 ... is anything that could make them change their mentality?? I don't think so. They will go on being the greedy as usual ... simple as that!

[dabruin2]

Bear Stearns just wasn't a pack of the clique, so they didn't get the killer end of the deal. Let's not lionize Paulson--this guy who's so free market was the impetus for the "bailouts" in the American economy.

[pier8107]

that is freaking scary! PEOPLE THIS WHY WE ARE ASKING ALL THIS MONEY, IF WE DONT AMERICAN WILL FALL!

[DocumentaryDude]

those sneaky jews...what are they planning next?