数十亿美元的住房市场的投注是巨大并高风险的。利好因素是不可否认的：超级银行能从中赚取数十亿美元，占据主导地位并吞噬竞争对手。2008年9月，雷曼兄弟倒闭，引发了数十年来最严重的危机。各大银行处于崩溃的边缘，联邦政府设想了将银行大规模国有化的可能……The bets were huge and risky, billions of dollars on the housing market. Superbanks reaped billions of dollars, and gobbled up competitors. Then the bottom dropped out, massive losses on Wall Street nearly broke the banks and many are on the brink of failure. As the federal government contemplates what could become a massive nationalization of the industry, watch as FRONTLINE tells the inside story.