While there is much to praise in The Lehman Trilogy, now playing in Sydney, the impression I was left with was one of a missed opportunity.
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Crises fueled by bank runs, starting with the Great Depression, have had something in common: Unexpected changes spur bank failures, followed by general panic and then large-scale economic distress.
SVB, as it’s known, collapsed with lightning speed following a run on its deposits.
Women are still underrepresented in decision-making positions, yet research shows that gender equality can lead to more qualified leaders and better outcomes.
Evergrande has a very high likelihood of failing without intervention by the Chinese government.
Chinese authorities have an intriguing, if troubling, option in handling the Evergrande crisis.
PODCAST: Part six of The Anthill Podcast’s Recovery series looks at the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession that followed.
Beijing might have been ultra-tough on the pandemic, but it has been horizontal in response to the economic shock.
Private finance crashed the economy and is too consumed by the profit motive to be a reliable ally against climate change. We should not allow COP24 to be their board meeting.
Gordon Brown is worried. So should we all be.
It’s when times are good that the seeds of the next financial crisis are sown.
A new study brings fresh insights into understanding the nature and extent of South Africa’s systemic risks within the country’s financial sector.
GE’s push into finance nearly crippled the company, just as the broader US shift in that direction almost collapsed the global economy.
The subprime crisis and the subsequent failure of Lehman Brothers came as such a shock – and the repercussions were so severe that when the time came to mount a response, policy makers were as surprised…
A bank in trouble negotiates with its regulatory authorities and other banks for support, but is refused a bail out and closes abruptly, sparking a global contraction as its obligations are left unhonoured…
The fifth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ demise is an opportune moment to take stock and contextualise what has happened since. And one good way to do so is to compare this government’s policy response…
This weekend will see the 5th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an event that tipped the world into economic crisis and shoved banking into the spotlight. The critical state of the world’s…
Some four and-a-half years after the banking crisis that has resulted in massive public debt and a deep austerity program, the UK government has finally unveiled its Financial Services (Banking Reform…
Justice Steven J. Rares was blunt when he handed down his judgement in the long-running class action, Wingecarribee Shire Council vs. Lehman Brothers Australia, last week. Grange Securities, a subsidiary…
“How was it that relatively unsophisticated Council officers came to invest many millions of ratepayers’ funds in these specialised financial instruments? That is the fundamental question at the heart…
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Reader in Economic History, Queen's University Belfast
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor of International Economic History, University of Glasgow
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Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
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Research Professor of Law, University of Antwerp
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PhD candidate, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Professor, UCT School of Economics; South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
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Associate Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Finance, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Finance and Financial History, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, Aston University