Clip from HBO's Too Big to Fail (http://www.hbo.com/movies/too-big-to-..., a great movie which I recommend highly.

This three minute clip succinctly, albeit somewhat simplistically, explains the 2008 financial meltdown, which led to the recession which we still live in today.

Actors:

William Hurt - Henry Paulson
Secretary of the Treasury
http://goo.gl/WyEcJ

Topher Grace - Jim Wilkinson
U.S. Treasury, Chief of Staff under Henry Paulson
http://goo.gl/kD3q8

Ayad Akhtar - Neel Kashkari
Special Assistant to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
http://goo.gl/Od18A

Cynthia Nixon - Michele Davis
Director of Policy Planning
http://goo.gl/Jgvnf

Note to HBO: If this infringes on your copyrights, please let me know and I'll take it down. Having said that, I think this clip would serve the public well in informing the details of the financial collapse.