Jan 14 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Goldman Sachs to pay $5.1 billion over mortgage practices By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Goldman Sachs agreed to settle long-running federal and state investigations regarding the company's mortgage practices leading up to the 20018 meltdown. Also, 10 more detainees, all from Yemen, have been released from the Guantanamo Bay… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 6:44 What should be done with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? By PBS News Hour In “Shaky Ground,” financial writer Bethany McLean takes a close look at mortgage-lending institutions Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and their role before, during and since the 2008 financial meltdown. She joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the origin of the… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 1:46 China’s boom years lead to financial crisis By PBS News Hour The Shanghai stock market has lost a quarter of its value in five days and the Chinese government has tried throwing everything it can at the problem. Paul Mason of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Nov 13 Ebola outbreak is latest example of globalization’s risks By Ian Goldin At the same time that globalization improves lives across the world, it carries systemic risks to our health, climate and economy. There's no way to mitigate those risks, especially contagious diseases like Ebola, without national support for intergovernmental organizations, argues… Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch Citigroup to pay $7 billion for ‘egregious misconduct’ leading up to financial crisis By PBS News Hour The Justice Department announced a $7 billion settlement with Citigroup over “egregious misconduct” related to mortgage securities in the lead-up to the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff gets details from Tony West, associate attorney general at the Department of Justice and… Continue watching
May 22 Watch Former Treasury secretary reflects on ‘deeply unfair’ nature of financial crisis recovery By PBS News Hour Timothy Geithner, key architect of the government’s response the financial crisis, joins Gwen Ifill to discuss his new book, "Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises." As the former treasury secretary, Geithner offers perspective on the government’s response to the crisis,… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Will Justice Department’s crackdown on Credit Suisse lead to more bank prosecutions? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch To taper stimulus efforts? Examining the Fed’s role in the economic recovery To taper stimulus efforts? Examining the Fed's role in the economic recovery… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Will the Volcker Rule change the culture of Wall Street? Five U.S. regulatory agencies gave final approval to a rule that will bar U.S. banks from trading with their own money for a profit. Jeffrey Brown examines the Volcker Rule and its implications with views from Dennis Kelleher of Better… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch Tuesday, November 19, 2013 JPMorgan Chase agreed to a record settlement with the Justice Department. Continue watching