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The Lehman 10th Anniversary Spin as a Teachable Moment
•�September 18, 2018
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Today’s financial malaise for pension funds, state and local budgets and underemployment is largely a result of the 2008 bailout, not the crash. What was saved was not only the banks – or more to the point, as Sheila Bair pointed out, their bondholders – but the financial overhead that continues to burden today’s economy.... Read More
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Financial Terrorism
What the Media Didn't Tell You About the Fall of Lehman Bros.
•�September 17, 2013
•�3,000 Words •�Leave a Comment
The Lehman Brothers default on September 15, 2008, was the biggest incident of financial terrorism in US history. When Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke convened an emergency meeting with leading members the US Congress and their aides on September 18, 2008, they had already developed a “break the glass”... Read More
Doomsday for Lehman
Lessons Unlearned
•�September 15, 2010
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Fear gripped Wall Street on the morning of September 15, 2008, as investment giant Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following weeks of stock market losses and the steady downgrading of its assets. Traders hoped that the century-old warhorse would be saved in an 11th hour reprieve. But when last minute... Read More
Lehman's Liar's Loans and Other Cons
William Black Charges "Massive, Fraudulent Transactions"
•�April 23, 2010
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Prof. William Black submitted a 24-page report on the Lehman bankruptcy to the House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday. It is the best analysis of the underlying causes of the financial crisis to date. Black, who is a former government regulator and white-collar criminologist, shows that the crisis was not an unavoidable disaster, as... Read More
Lehman Brothers Scandal Rocks the Fed
Geithner and Bernanke's Possibly Criminal Roles
•�March 15, 2010
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After a year-long investigation, court-appointed bank examiner Anton Valukas has produced a deadly 2,200 page report which details the activities that led to the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. The report is a keg of dynamite. The question now is whether anyone in government has the nerve to light the fuse. Valukas provides powerful evidence that Lehman... Read More
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