A close look behind the scenes| between late March and mid-October| 2008: we follow Richard Fuld's benighted attempt to save Lehman Brothers; conversations among Hank Paulson (the Secretary of the Treasury)| Ben Bernanke (chair of the Federal Reserve)| and Tim Geithner (president of the New York Fed) as they seek a private solution for Lehman's; and| back-channel negotiations among Paulson| Warren Buffet| investment bankers| a British regulator| and members of Congress as almost all work to save the U.S. economy. By the end| with the no-strings bailout arranged| modest confidence restored on Wall Street| and a meltdown averted| Paulson wonders if banks will lend.
