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Inside Lehman Brothers

Because subprimes came into play and they targeted people whohad these lower credit scores...

Because subprimes came into play and they targeted people who
had these lower credit scores that weren't able to go to the banks
because their score wasn't high enough

Full Transcript

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Because subprimes came into play
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and they targeted people who had these lower credit scores
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that weren't able to go to the banks because their score wasn't high enough.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:36
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Inside Lehman Brothers is the autopsy of a crime by those who tried to prevent it from within. Mortgage brokers from California and a handful of New York executives called out these fraudulent transactions. But nobody listened.
- So now they offer subprimes. - Tammy has a mortgage - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:24
- So now they offer subprimes. - Tammy has a mortgage
And sales is sales, you know, if you got the gift of gab - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:11
And sales is sales, you know, if you got the gift of gab
Somebody sold them a dream that was not true. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
Somebody sold them a dream that was not true.
That practice led people buying homes - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:12
That practice led people buying homes
And so if you go from a 1200 dollar payment - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:08
And so if you go from a 1200 dollar payment
The higher the interest rate that they were charging - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:11
The higher the interest rate that they were charging
And then they would charge an origination fee, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
And then they would charge an origination fee,
And then on that back end with an interest rate - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:09
And then on that back end with an interest rate
And once the loan officers and all of the parties - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:12
And once the loan officers and all of the parties
But you as a homeowner can't sustain your mortgage. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
But you as a homeowner can't sustain your mortgage.
You would take a thousand subprime mortgages, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:18
You would take a thousand subprime mortgages,
And a second belief was that the value - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
And a second belief was that the value
So when the Lehman Brothers of the world - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:11
So when the Lehman Brothers of the world
And, ultimately, when they started to fail, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:08
And, ultimately, when they started to fail,
The 2008 crash is still a big open book - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:06
The 2008 crash is still a big open book
I focus on it all the time - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:06
I focus on it all the time
It's an email I get called "Compliance Exchange", - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:12
It's an email I get called "Compliance Exchange&qu...
It says, "Barclays information security chief - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:10
It says, "Barclays information security chief
Barclays bought some of the Lehman Brothers business - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:07
Barclays bought some of the Lehman Brothers business
And you have to dream up legal ways - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:15
And you have to dream up legal ways