I just finished watching a pretty disturbing yet fascinating program on PBS about the events leading up to the finical meltdown on Wall street, and the ripple effects it had on the rest of the world. This program is a bit tough to watch since were still living in pretty tough times, so view it at your own risk.
Inside the meltdown:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/view/
By the way the program is also followed up with another program dealing with things from a slightly different angle, ten trillion and counting.
Ten Trillion and Counting:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tentrillion/view/
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...just read this on the bail out money etc
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover/print