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The FRONTLINE Interview: Christina Romer

Shortly before Obama became president, Romer, his incoming chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, projected that the $787 billion stimulus package would curb unemployment at 8 percent. (It has remained above 8 percent since February 2009.) In this interview, she laments that she and other top advisers underestimated the extent of economic damage caused by the crisis.
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Season 2012 Episodes

The Suicide Plan
S2012 E22 Length 1:23:41 Premiere Date 11/13/12

Big Sky, Big Money
S2012 E21 Length 53:46 Premiere Date 10/29/12

Climate of Doubt
S2012 E20 Length 53:47 Premiere Date 10/22/12

The Choice 2012
S2012 E19 Length 1:54:17 Premiere Date 10/08/12

Dropout Nation
S2012 E18 Length 1:53:40 Premiere Date 09/24/12

The Battle for Syria
S2012 E17 Length 53:42 Premiere Date 09/17/12

Alaska Gold
S2012 E16 Length 53:44 Premiere Date 07/23/12

Fast Times at West Philly High
S2012 E15 Length 53:42 Premiere Date 07/16/12

ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America
S2012 E14 Length 1:53:40 Premiere Date 07/09/12

Dollars and Dentists
S2012 E13 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 06/25/12

Al Qaeda in Yemen and The Interrogator
S2012 E12 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 05/28/12

Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Four
S2012 E10 Length 56:22 Premiere Date 05/01/12

Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Three
S2012 E9 Length 57:26 Premiere Date 05/01/12

Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Two
S2012 E8 Length 54:32 Premiere Date 04/24/12

Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One
S2012 E7 Length 59:14 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The Real CSI
S2012 E6 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 04/17/12

Murdoch's Scandal
S2012 E5 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 03/27/12

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
S2012 E4 Length 54:40 Premiere Date 02/28/12

The Interrupters
S2012 E3 Length 1:54:42 Premiere Date 02/14/12

Nuclear Aftershocks
S2012 E2 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 01/17/12

Opium Brides
S2012 E1 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 01/03/12

The Financial Crisis Is Like... Sangria?
Clip Length 02:00 Premiere Date 05/01/12

A Financial Crisis Will Happen Again
Clip Length 00:41 Premiere Date 04/24/12

"The Time to Act is Now"
Clip Length 00:38 Premiere Date 04/24/12

Dodd-Frank Legislation is "Impracticable"
Clip Length 01:06 Premiere Date 04/24/12

Money, Power and Wall Street
Preview Length 02:01 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Richard Kovacevich
Clip Length 59:54 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Austan Goolsbee
Clip Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Terri Duhon
Clip Length 50:46 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Robert Wolf
Clip Length 54:41 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Cathy O'Neil
Clip Length 38:29 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Clip Length 25:58 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Christina Romer
Clip Length 1:00:03 Premiere Date 04/24/12

The FRONTLINE Interview: Phil Angelides
Clip Length 1:00:15 Premiere Date 04/24/12

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