Lehman Brothers — Bunk History

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The Story of Capitalism in One Family

The Lehman Trilogy proposes that the downfall of a financial dynasty is enough to tell the economic and political history of America.

by Alisa Solomon via The Nation on January 26, 2022

‘The Lehman Trilogy’ and Wall Street’s Debt to Slavery

If the play holds up a mirror to our moment, it is by registering slavery in a peripheral glance only to look away.

by Sarah Churchwell via New York Review of Books on June 11, 2019

The 2008 Crash: What Happened to All That Money?

A look at what caused the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

by Eric Rauchway via HISTORY on September 14, 2018

Former Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Richard Fuld.

The Financial World and the Magical Elixir of Confidence

The financial world is a theatrical production, abundantly lubricated by that magical elixir of illusionists: confidence.

by Matt Seybold via Aeon on February 19, 2018

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New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist.

by Gerald Horne via The Nation on February 24, 2021

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The Steal of the Century

How banks ripped off Americans, destroyed Black wealth, and got away with it.

by Matt Bors, Kazimir Lee via The Nib on October 26, 2020

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Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

After serving in Vietnam, Richard Holbrooke became a proponent of soft power. He would then contribute greatly to American foreign policy.

by Samuel Moyn via London Review of Books on January 27, 2020

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