Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters

The Savings and Loan Crisis (1x12)

Air date: Aug 16, 2018

Wade into the quagmire that trapped savings and loan institutions in the 1980s and ’90s. Once a thriving, low-profit source of home mortgages, the industry fell victim to a combination of high interest rates, well-intentioned government deregulation, and a wave of predatory, unscrupulous managers. The ensuing debacle left the American taxpayer with a bill of $160 billion in 1995 dollars.