主演:MichaelCarroll(Narratoccc
导演:BrettAlexander/CBSEyeTooProductions/SusanWerbe
语言:英语
地区:美国
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类型:纪录片
上映时间:2009-04-05
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用户标签:纪录片,金融,美国,商业,犯罪,PBS,经济,Documentary
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imdb编号:tt1411247
The2008collapseoftheAmericaneconomywreakedhavocontheAmericanpeople.Whilethestockmarketimplodedbeforethem,someinvestorsweredevastatedbyafarmoretrustedsource.SeethepersonalchaosbroughtontoindividualinvestorsbyBernieMadoff,apopularandtrustedinvestorfrommiddle-classQueens,NewYork–andallegedPonzischemer–asexpertsdissecthis$65billionscam,fromitshumblebeginningstoitsstunningdownfall,inRIPPEDOFF:MADOFFANDTHESCAMMINGOFAMERICA.WiththehelpofexpertcommentaryandfirsthandaccountsfromMadoff’svictims,HISTORY™comparesandcontraststhismostrecentfraudwithotherPonzischemesthroughouthistory,whileexploringtheeconomicandhistoricalclimatesinwhichtheyappeared.
Then,astheUnitedStatesattemptstoreboundfromeconomicmeltdown,comparisonstotheGreatDepressionareunavoidable.Ishistoryrepeatingitself?CRASH:THENEXTGREATDEPRESSION?looksatthecurrentfinancialcrisisintheU.S.andcomparesandcontrastsitwithwhatleduptotheGreatDepression,the1929stockmarketcrash,itsimmediateaftermathandtheeffortsthathelpedthecountrybreakfreefromtheDepression.Willtoday’scrashturnintotomorrow’sdepression?Andisanyonesafefromtheeconomicpitfallsofsuchavulnerabletime?