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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The Man Behind the Lehman Brothers Collapse

Updated: September 14 2009,
Author: barrel fan
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Business Cycles, Economic Institutions, Money, Profit
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Paul Solman reports on Lehman Bros.’ fall from storied Wall Street investment bank to a catalyst for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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