FRONTLINE

Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Two

Beginning with the government bailout of the collapsing investment bank Bear Stearns in the spring of 2008, FRONTLINE examines how the country's leaders -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner -- struggled to respond to a financial crisis that caught them by surprise.

Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Two

54m 32s

Beginning with the government bailout of the collapsing investment bank Bear Stearns in the spring of 2008, FRONTLINE examines how the country's leaders -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner -- struggled to respond to a financial crisis that caught them by surprise.

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    "Money, Power and Wall Street" continues next week, beginning with an inside look at how the Obama administration has handled the crisis. Then FRONTLINE takes the investigation into the present, probing into a Wall Street culture that remains focused on making risky trades, despite new rules and regulations.

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