

Too Big to Fail
Financial leaders spring into action when the U.S. economy falters in 2008. With just weeks to go before the country plunges into the most devastating financial crash since the Great Depression, the powerbrokers on both sides scramble to pull the failing economy back from the brink of disaster.

















15 November 1929, Kansas City, Missouri, USA



8 January 1954, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

10 May 1954, Long Beach, California, USA

5 December 1988, Fullerton, California, USA

30 July 1957, Youngstown, Ohio, USA


1 September 1934, Montclair, New Jersey, USA


19 February 1977


13 July 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA



9 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA

2 October 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA


9 November 1977, San Diego, California, USA


6 March 1926, New York City, New York, USA

7 February 1999, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA


1 March 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA

20 August 1986, Manhasset, New York, USA

16 August 1978, Brunswick, Maine, USA

13 February 1969, Paris, France

14 March 1959, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA



June 21, 2012
Complex account of 2008 economic collapse; lots of language.