Episode
Frontline: Inside the Meltdown
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 27
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2009-02-17
Episode context
Inside the Meltdown is Episode 4 in Season 27 of Frontline. It aired on 2009-02-17.
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