Back from the Brink: 5 years later

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  • Mortgage market & what's next

    CNBC's Diana Olick reports on the leading proposal in Congress to do away with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  • Five years ago, the government abandoned Lehman Brothers to its fate. Was that a mistake, or did it help bring the financial crisis under control?

  • Picking up the economic pieces

    CNBC's Steve Liesman; Secretary Neal Wolin, former Treasury Secretary, and Lee Sachs, Alliance Partners, provide their perspective on the outlook on the U.S. economy.

  • The Federal Reserve

    In the nearly five years since the Lehman bankruptcy, two former Treasury officials disagree over whether Fed policy will lead to another crisis.

  • 'Money for Nothing'

    Peter Fisher, BlackRock Investment Institute, discusses a new independent documentary film about why the U.S. financial system fell apart in 2008, with CNBC's Steve Liesman.

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