credit Archive

  • PBS Frontline – The Card Game

    PBS Frontline – The Card Game

    As credit card companies face rising public anger, new regulation from Washington and staggering new rates of default and bankruptcy, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the future of the massive consumer loan industry and its impact on a fragile national economy. In The Card Game, a follow-up to the Secret History of the Credit Card and [...]

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  • The Ascent of Money Episode 1: From Bullion to Bubbles

    The Ascent of Money Episode 1: From Bullion to Bubbles

    In the first episode of the four-hour series THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and historian Niall Ferguson documents the roots of money and finance in the conquest of the Americas, from the Incan empire to the Louisiana territory.

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  • The Crisis of Credit Visualized

    The Crisis of Credit Visualized

    The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis. The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis .

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