Where’s the next Lehman?
Five years after the maelstrom of September 2008, global finance is safer. But still not safe enough
THE bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, an American investment bank, in 2008 turned a nasty credit crunch into the worst financial crisis in 80 years. Massive bail-outs from governments and central banks staved off a second Depression, but failed to prevent a deep recession from which many rich economies have yet fully to recover. Five years after that calamity, two big questions need to be answered. Is global finance safer? And are more crises on the horizon?
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Where’s the next Lehman?”
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