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The global echos of America’s financial mess

The effects of the 2008 financial crisis hit even disparate economies like Ireland, Iceland and Latvia.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the day Lehman Brothers went bust, Marketplace has been taking a look at how the crisis unfolded in America from a variety of angles. And the effects of the financial crash reverberated across the globe where entire economies went bankrupt. Marketplace’s European editor Stephen Beard covered the events in real time and joins Morning Report host David Brancaccio to discuss. 

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