Episode
The Eighties: Greed Is Good
Overview
Junk bonds, bailouts and Wall Street corruption set the tone for a decade of greed and excess.
Details
- Series
- The Eighties
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2016-05-12
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Greed Is Good is Episode 4 in Season 1 of The Eighties. It aired on 2016-05-12. The runtime is 60 min.
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