Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One

Our regulators are not up to the task of understanding the complexity of these institutions, warns Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Board of Dallas.

Now is the time to break up the big banks, while the economy is strengthening and there's liquidity in the system, says Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Board of Dallas.

Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Board of Dallas, says the financial reform bill is too complicated and leaves the system at risk.

In the special four-hour investigation, "Money, Power and Wall Street," airing April 24 and May 1, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy, exploring key decisions, missed opportunities, and the unprecedented and uneasy partnership between government leaders and titans of finance that affects the fortunes of millions of people around the world.

It's like a lot of things, according to some of the economists, journalists, bankers and officials interviewed for "Money, Power and Wall Street," FRONTLINE's four-hour series on the global financial crisis. Here are some of their most creative explanations.