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A series of essays about the economy 10 years after the banking crisis

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

cc660e55a993407e82627729b8fed939.png Financial-Crisis.jpg The Bear Stearns Bailout, Ten Years Later https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/collections/the-bear-stearns-bailout-ten-years-later Ten years ago, the investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Its controversial rescue by the Federal Reserve and JP Morgan Chase marked a prelude to the global financial crisis, which would begin in earnest in September 2008. As part of INET’s look back at the financial crisis, we commissioned this series of reflections on the Bear Stearns bailout, the financialization of debt, and the moral hazard of government bailouts of banks. ​ Explore the collection > ​ Rob-RAJ-This-is-INET.jpg This Is INET https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/this-is-inet Noam-Chomsky.jpg Noam Chomsky on the Populist Groundswell, U.S. Elections, the Future of Humanity, and More https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/noam-chomsky-on-the-populist-groundswell-u-s-elections-the-future-of-humanity-and-more Mazzucato.jpg The Government as an Entrepreneur https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/the-government-as-entrepreneur biocubafarma-2.jpg How Cuba Became a Biopharma Juggernaut https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/how-cuba-became-a-biopharma-juggernaut Martin-Luther-King-Junior-Grosse-Pointe-MLK.jpg Visions Beyond the Haunted House https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/visions-beyond-the-haunted-house inequality.jpeg What Piketty Missed in Measuring Wealth https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/what-piketty-missed-in-measuring-wealth Maria-Floro.jpg The Male-centric Biases of Economic Models https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/the-male-centric-biases-of-economic-models Pasinetti-2.jpg Luigi Pasinetti on Disrupting Neoclassical Hegemony in Economics https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/luigi-pasinetti-on-disrupting-neoclassical-hegemony-in-economics vague-interview.jpg The Debt We Don't Talk About https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/the-debt-we-dont-talk-about capitolhill-0.jpg Stock Buybacks Hurt Workers and the Economy. We Should Ban Them. https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/congress-can-turn-the-republican-tax-cuts-into-new-middle-class-jobs

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