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Hank Paulson on financial system five years later: "I am concerned"
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 13, 2013
Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson talks about stabilizing the U.S. economy and financial system, and the work that still needs to be done.
Looking back at the financial crisis: A reading list
Sep 13, 2013
What you should be reading on the financial crisis.
Who's too big to fail?
Sep 13, 2013
We call it TBTF. The government calls it SIFI. Which companies can threaten the economy if they go bust?
The global echos of America's financial mess
Sep 13, 2013
The effects of the 2008 financial crisis hit even disparate economies like Ireland, Iceland and Latvia.
Ireland five years after Lehman
Sep 13, 2013
Five years after Lehman went bust, Ireland is still grappling with the effects of the global crisis.
Washington Mutual: The bank just big enough to fail
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 12, 2013
In her new book, Kirsten Grind details the rise and spectacular fall of Washington Mutual in 2008, and why they haven't been mentioned since.
5 years after Lehman, subprime mortgages return
Sep 12, 2013
Mortgage lenders fueled the financial collapse by marketing subprime loans to people who couldn't afford them. They disappeared as the housing market crashed, but subprime mortgages could return.
For public good, not for profit.
When the financial crisis met pop culture
Sep 12, 2013
How the bad banks, home foreclosures and layoffs of the financial crisis found their way into pop culture.
What happened to the subprime lenders?
Sep 12, 2013
Many subprime employees moved into loan modification businesses.
The phrase that defined the financial crisis
Sep 12, 2013
'Too big to fail' became the signature line of the financial crisis. Five years after the crash, many big financial firms are only bigger. But one has decided it's time to shrink.
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