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Lessons learned from an economist's diary during the Lehman collapse

Sep 14, 2018
We spoke with Grant Thornton economist Diane Swonk about the diary she kept throughout the financial crisis in 2008.
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A view from the center of the Lehman Brothers collapse

Sep 14, 2018
Tom Russo, former general counsel at Lehman Brothers and AIG, talked to us about how the fall of Lehman Brothers could have been stopped.
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5 things you need to know about Lehman Brothers

Sep 10, 2018
Lehman's collapse is, to this day, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
Two employees of Christie's auction house manoeuvre the Lehman Brothers corporate logo on Sept. 24, 2010 in London, England.
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