BBC: The Love of Money – Episode 3 – Back from the Brink

The Last of episode of “The Love of Money” three part series.
In the month that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, the world stared into the abyss of total financial collapse. The third part of the BBC’s definitive series on the crash tells the extraordinary story of how politicians reacted, and asks what has been learnt from the entire calamity. Could it happen again?

With unrivalled contributions from the key decision makers including US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Gordon Brown and five other finance ministers, the programme pieces together the details of an extraordinary moment in history, when the world faced its greatest financial crisis.

Part One, Part Two

• BBC: The Love of Money – Episode 1 -The Bank that Bust the World
  18 September 2009 12:15 PM | 24 Comments

  Series offering a definitive account of what happened to create the greatest financial crisis for eighty years. In September 2008, the collapse of Lehman Brothers tipped the world into recession. A cast of contributors including national leaders, finance ministers and CEOs describe the tense negotiations in New York and London as the investment institution headed towards [...]

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• BBC: The Love of Money – Episode 2 – The Age of Risk
  19 September 2009 9:38 AM | 1,375 Comments

  The series on the global crash examines the boom years before the bust. With testimony from many of the key decision makers who shaped our lives over the last two decades, including Gordon Brown, governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King, and an exclusive interview with former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Alan [...]

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