Episode
Frontline: The Pension Gamble
Overview
FRONTLINE investigates the role of state governments and Wall Street in driving America’s public pensions into a multi-trillion-dollar hole. Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith, and Nick Verbitsky go inside the volatile fight over pensions playing out in Kentucky, and examine the broader consequences for teachers, police, firefighters and other public employees everywhere.
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 37
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2018-10-23
Episode context
The Pension Gamble is Episode 7 in Season 37 of Frontline. It aired on 2018-10-23.
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