PBS: Frontline – The Madoff Affair

The Madoff Affair unravels the story behind the world’s first truly global Ponzi scheme. Who saw the warning signs? Why were they ignored for so long? Billions of dollars were channeled to Madoff’s investment firm, and his feeders became fabulously wealthy. The competition wondered how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. There were allegations that Madoff was “front-running” or operating a Ponzi scheme, which the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigated several times over the last two decades. But Madoff remained untouched until Dec. 11, 2008, when he admitted it was all “one big lie.” Through exclusive television interviews with those closest to Madoff’s operation, veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith unearths the details of a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history.

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• PBS Frontline – The Warning
  22 November 2009 9:27 AM | View Comments

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  19 September 2009 9:38 AM | View 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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• Dispatches – Crash Gordon
  26 September 2009 6:25 AM | View Comments

  In the first account of its kind on television, award-winning journalist Andrew Rawnsley presents the inside political story of the credit crunch. The programme features exclusive interviews with senior figures close to the economic crisis, including cabinet ministers, senior politicians and former treasury insiders. As Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has presided over the biggest recession in [...]

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• PBS Frontline – Breaking the Bank
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  Inside the Merrill Lynch – Bank of America Merger

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