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201188 minGdocumentary

Confidence Game

201188 minGdocumentary

Five days marked the rapid collapse of Bear Stearns, the first major investment bank to fail during the global financial crisis that began in 2008.

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Five days marked the rapid collapse of Bear Stearns, the first major investment bank to fail during the global financial crisis that began in 2008.

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Nick Verbitskydirector

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Investigative reporters Bryan Burrough, William D. Cohan, and Andrew Sorkin provide insight into the rapid collapse of Bear Stearns, the first major investment bank to fail during the 2008 financial crisis. Over five days, the firm crumbled under the weight of years of fraud, political ambitions, and inadequate federal oversight. Confidence Game details the events leading to this downfall, revealing how media manipulation and greed contributed to the bank's demise and the broader economic turmoil that followed.

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