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The Big
Crash.

It all seemed under control.
Until everything fell apart.

Three episodes. One crisis that changed finance. Follow the machine that sold risk, the week finance nearly died and the rules that came next.

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Financial crisis · 3 episodes · 34 min 37 s · In English

A REG-LEAKS production 2026
The
Big
Crash
The machine. The collapse. The rules.
The complete trilogy 3 × 10 min

The Big Crash · The complete trilogy

The machine. The collapse. The rules.

3 episodes · 34 min 37 s
EP 1 10:17
The build-up The Machine That Sold Risk Mortgages, securitisation and the incentives that built the machine. Watch episode →
EP 2 10:02
The collapse The Week Finance Nearly Died Lehman, Merrill Lynch and AIG. Three institutions. Three very different exits. Watch episode →
EP 3 14:18
The aftermath Back to the Rules A time-travel journey through the reforms written after the crisis. Watch episode →

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