Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse

The story of the bankers who crashed the world, the leaders who struggled to save it and the ordinary families who got crushed. The CBC’s Terence McKenna takes viewers behind the headlines and into the backrooms at the highest levels of world governments and banking institutions, revealing the astonishing level of backstabbing and tension behind the scenes as the world came dangerously close to another Great Depression.

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Meltdown: The Secret History of the Global Collapse

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First Aired

2010-09-09
Last Aired

2010-09-30
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

4
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

CBC Television

Keywords:

financial crisis

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Season 1

1. The Men Who Crashed the World

Greed and recklessness by the titans of Wall Street triggers the largest financial crash since the Gre...More

Greed and recklessness by the titans of Wall Street triggers the largest financial crash since the Great Depression. It's left to US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, himself a former Wall Street banker, to try and avert further disaster.Less

43mins 2010-09-09

2. A Global Tsunami

The meltdown's devastation ripples around the world from California to Iceland and China. Facing econo...More

The meltdown's devastation ripples around the world from California to Iceland and China. Facing economic ruin, desperate world leaders are at each other's throats.Less

44mins 2010-09-16

3. Paying the Price

The victims of the meltdown fight back. In Iceland, protesters force a government to fall. In Canada, ...More

The victims of the meltdown fight back. In Iceland, protesters force a government to fall. In Canada, ripped off autoworkers occupy their plant. And in France, furious union members kidnap their bosses.Less

44mins 2010-09-23

4. After the Fall

Investigators begin to sift through the meltdown's rubble. Shaken world leaders question the very foun...More

Investigators begin to sift through the meltdown's rubble. Shaken world leaders question the very foundations of modern capitalism while asking: could it all happen again?Less