Age of Easy Money

Age of Easy Money

113 mins | Documentary | March 14, 2023

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.

Age of Easy Money

113 mins | Documentary | March 14, 2023

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.
Producers WGBH Boston, Left/Right, Frontline
Original title Age of Easy Money
Directors James Jacoby
Writers Anya Bourg, James Jacoby

Cast

James Jacoby

as Self; Correspondent

Christopher Leonard

as Self; Author, The Lords of Easy Money

Mohamed A. El-Erian

as Self; Chief economic advisor, Allianz

Raghuram Rajan

as Self; Fmr. head, Indian Central Bank

Nouriel Roubini

as Self; Economist

Neel Kashkari

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

Thomas Hoenig

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

Richard W. Fisher

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

Sheila Bair

as Self; Chair, FDIC, 2006-11

Jim Chanos

as Self; Founder, Kynikos Associates

Charles Duhigg

as Self; The New York Times

John Adel

as Self; Client, Money Management Intl.