Exposed Empire

Lehman Brothers: The Weekend the World Nearly Ended

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September 2008. The largest bankruptcy in American history. One hundred and fifty-eight years of history, gone in a weekend. What happened inside Lehman Brothers in those final seventy-two hours — and why the US government let it fail when it had saved everyone else. The decision that triggered the worst financial crisis since 1929. Watch the full video on YouTube — link in bio.

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