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The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink  The Appeal

Debt: who owes whom?  New Internationalist

The 12 Best Movies About the 2008 Financial Crisis  Collider

China needs to do more on ‘silent crisis’ of debt, says World Bank official  The Guardian

Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis (Published 2014)  The New York Times

Rogue trader Nick Leeson who brought down a bank turns investigator of financial misdeeds  The Straits Times

A guide to the financial crisis — 10 years later  The Washington Post

'The Big Short' Is Hollywood's Latest Look at the Financial Crisis  Fortune

China Turns the Tables on Wall Street  The Wall Street Journal

The Collapse of Lehman Brothers: A Case Study  Investopedia

Dumb Money Never Sleeps: 13 Thrilling Financial Films  Vulture

How did Iceland clean up its banks?  BBC.com

Inside the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (Published 2023)  The New York Times

It’s official, the global economy is a ‘debtor’s prison’  New Internationalist

Soaring government debt could roil global financial markets, warns BIS head  The Guardian

Lebanon Will Default on Foreign Debt Payment Amid Deepening Economic Crisis (Published 2020)  The New York Times

The Small Club of Bank Executives Charged With Crisis-Era Crimes Just Got Bigger (Published 2018)  The New York Times

Dimon Warns of ‘Most Dangerous Time’ as Banks Report Big Profits (Published 2023)  The New York Times

A World of Debt - Over 300 Trillion and Counting  DW (English)

Iraq, Struggling to Pay Debts and Salaries, Plunges Into Economic Crisis (Published 2021)  The New York Times

Costa-Gavras on politics, cinema and his new movie  DW (English)

The Indisputable Role of Credit Ratings Agencies in the 2008 Collapse, and Why Nothing Has Changed  Truthout

How does the Greek debt crisis impact the United States?  Los Angeles Times

Iceland, Symbol of Financial Crisis, Finally Lifts Capital Controls (Published 2017)  The New York Times

Built for a global economy, Dubai now threatened by virus  The Associated Press

World Bank warns record debt levels could put developing countries in crisis  The Guardian

Opinion | Hillary Clinton: Republicans Are Playing Into the Hands of Putin and Xi (Published 2023)  The New York Times

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Debt to Be Held by Banks Amid Turbulent Markets  The Wall Street Journal