Have we learnt the lessons of the financial crisis?Gillian Tett looks at why the warning signs were missed and where the next crash may strikeLife lessons from the people who worked at Lehman BrothersJunior staff at the time of the bank’s collapse talk about how it has affected themHow the biggest private equity firms became the new banksAfter the crisis the largest groups launched huge lending arms. But will they falter when interest rates rise?Why so little has changed since the financial crashMartin Wolf on the power of vested interests in today’s rent-extracting economyThe story of a house: how private equity swooped in after the subprime crisisBlackstone has bought thousands of properties that were caught up in the mortgage meltdownWeathering the financial crisis: how seven lives were changedOur readers lost jobs, businesses and houses in the crash. They tell us what happened nextMore from this SeriesThe Pessimist: a comic satire of the post-crisis world(with apologies to Voltaire)Waning co-operation makes next crisis more difficult to tackleThe core banking system has been made safer but risks have been shifted elsewhereJPMorgan: defying attempts to end ‘too big to fail’Jamie Dimon has led the biggest winner of the post-crisis decade, but is there a convincing succession plan at the US bank?Populism is the true legacy of the global financial crisisThe ‘hard working classes’ so beloved of politicians were the victims of the crashHow US banks took over the financial world Ten years after the global financial crisis, Europe’s banks are in retreatLehman insider: why the bank could and should have been savedThe bank’s former chief administrative officer considers the argument for a bailoutMy naive part in Lehman’s downfallJohn Gapper: I was wrong to call for the bank to be allowed to failLegacy of Lehman Brothers is a global pensions messHow resolving the financial crisis has stored up problems in retirement savingVideo: Gillian Tett asks if banking culture has really changed Financial crisis 2008: A reporter's memories from the front linesJohn Authers re-examines the front pages of a decade ago, from Lehman Brothers to Tarp Waning co-operation makes next crisis more difficult to tackleThe core banking system has been made safer but risks have been shifted elsewhereAfter the crisis, the banks are safer but debt is a dangerEconomic recovery has been weak because of a massive growth in leveragePreventive measures will not stop the next financial crisisWe need watchful supervisors, strong tools and the will to act when a crash happensFinancial crisis explainedYou asked, we answered. FT journalists respond to reader questions about the crash ten years onWho went to jail for their role in the financial crisis?The FT identified 47 bankers jailed. Half were from just one countryThe financial crisis in chartsHow a financial collapse reshaped economies, markets, politics — even our culture
Have we learnt the lessons of the financial crisis?Gillian Tett looks at why the warning signs were missed and where the next crash may strikeLife lessons from the people who worked at Lehman BrothersJunior staff at the time of the bank’s collapse talk about how it has affected themHow the biggest private equity firms became the new banksAfter the crisis the largest groups launched huge lending arms. But will they falter when interest rates rise?Why so little has changed since the financial crashMartin Wolf on the power of vested interests in today’s rent-extracting economyThe story of a house: how private equity swooped in after the subprime crisisBlackstone has bought thousands of properties that were caught up in the mortgage meltdownWeathering the financial crisis: how seven lives were changedOur readers lost jobs, businesses and houses in the crash. They tell us what happened nextMore from this SeriesThe Pessimist: a comic satire of the post-crisis world(with apologies to Voltaire)Waning co-operation makes next crisis more difficult to tackleThe core banking system has been made safer but risks have been shifted elsewhereJPMorgan: defying attempts to end ‘too big to fail’Jamie Dimon has led the biggest winner of the post-crisis decade, but is there a convincing succession plan at the US bank?Populism is the true legacy of the global financial crisisThe ‘hard working classes’ so beloved of politicians were the victims of the crashHow US banks took over the financial world Ten years after the global financial crisis, Europe’s banks are in retreatLehman insider: why the bank could and should have been savedThe bank’s former chief administrative officer considers the argument for a bailoutMy naive part in Lehman’s downfallJohn Gapper: I was wrong to call for the bank to be allowed to failLegacy of Lehman Brothers is a global pensions messHow resolving the financial crisis has stored up problems in retirement savingVideo: Gillian Tett asks if banking culture has really changed Financial crisis 2008: A reporter's memories from the front linesJohn Authers re-examines the front pages of a decade ago, from Lehman Brothers to Tarp Waning co-operation makes next crisis more difficult to tackleThe core banking system has been made safer but risks have been shifted elsewhereAfter the crisis, the banks are safer but debt is a dangerEconomic recovery has been weak because of a massive growth in leveragePreventive measures will not stop the next financial crisisWe need watchful supervisors, strong tools and the will to act when a crash happensFinancial crisis explainedYou asked, we answered. FT journalists respond to reader questions about the crash ten years onWho went to jail for their role in the financial crisis?The FT identified 47 bankers jailed. Half were from just one countryThe financial crisis in chartsHow a financial collapse reshaped economies, markets, politics — even our culture