The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. It also examines what Treasury ...

What was on Bear Stearns' books that was scaring [Tim] Geithner and Bernanke? Well, I would say that unfortunately none of it scared them until the market seized up with lack of liquidity.

Rose, Clayton S., Daniel Baird Bergstresser, and David Lane. "The Tip of the Iceberg: JPMorgan Chase and Bear Stearns (TN) (A), (B1), and (B2)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 309-072, January ...