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Roundtable: The West’s Decade of Despair
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September of 2008 ushered in a new era of unprecedented policy interventions, political upheavals, and deep social and economic disruptions. And yet, for all that has changed in the intervening years, it would seem that much remains the same – or has become worse.
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NEW YORK – It has been ten years since the global financial crisis devastated economies worldwide and ushered in an era of unprecedented monetary policies, national debt crises, and untold suffering and loss for billions of people. In this roundtable discussion, we examine the causes, consequences, and lessons learned (or not learned) from the 2008 crash and the Great Recession that followed it.