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7.7 1h 53m

Age of Easy Money

Around the country and across the world, the threat of a recession is looming and economic uncertainty is rising as markets, businesses and individuals adjust to a new reality: the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and pulling back on its epic monetary experiment that started with the Great Financial Crisis. From the award-winning team behind "The Facebook Dilemma" and "Amazon Empire," the two-hour documentary "Age of Easy Money" investigates how the Fed’s experiment has changed the American economy and what it means that the era may be over.

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Top Cast

  • James Jacoby

    James Jacoby

    Self; Correspondent

  • Christopher Leonard

    Christopher Leonard

    Self; Author, The Lords of Easy Money

  • Mohamed A. El-Erian

    Mohamed A. El-Erian

    Self; Chief economic advisor, Allianz

  • Raghuram Rajan

    Raghuram Rajan

    Self; Fmr. head, Indian Central Bank

  • Nouriel Roubini

    Nouriel Roubini

    Self; Economist

  • Neel Kashkari

    Neel Kashkari

    Self; Pres. & CEO, Fed. Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

  • Thomas Hoenig

    Thomas Hoenig

    Self; Pres., Fed. Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1991-2011

  • Richard W. Fisher

    Richard W. Fisher

    Self; Pres., Fed. Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2005-15

  • Sheila Bair

    Sheila Bair

    Self; Chair, FDIC, 2006-11

Overview

Around the country and across the world, the threat of a recession is looming and economic uncertainty is rising as markets, businesses and individuals adjust to a new reality: the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and pulling back on its epic monetary experiment that started with the Great Financial Crisis. From the award-winning team behind "The Facebook Dilemma" and "Amazon Empire," the two-hour documentary "Age of Easy Money" investigates how the Fed’s experiment has changed the American economy and what it means that the era may be over.

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