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There's a 158 year old company, its rise and its performance
has mirrored the performance of
the United States of America becoming a superpower
in the world. If Lehman can go down,
people are saying, what does that mean
about the health of the American financial
system right now? And as financial
market convulsions raced around the world
like a tsunami. Take a look at this! Nothing like
this has ever happened before. The United States, Canada,
the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, European
Central Bank, even China
has mirrored the performance of
the United States of America becoming a superpower
in the world. If Lehman can go down,
people are saying, what does that mean
about the health of the American financial
system right now? And as financial
market convulsions raced around the world
like a tsunami. Take a look at this! Nothing like
this has ever happened before. The United States, Canada,
the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, European
Central Bank, even China
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There's a 158 year old company,
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its rise and its performance
has mirrored
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the performance of
the United States of America
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becoming a superpower
in the world.
00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:11.921
If Lehman can go down,
people are saying,
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what does that mean
about the health
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of the American financial
system right now?
00:00:17.998 --> 00:00:18.744
And as financial
market convulsions
00:00:18.768 --> 00:00:21.101
raced around the world
like a tsunami.
00:00:21.187 --> 00:00:24.018
Take a look at this! Nothing like
this has ever happened before.
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The United States, Canada,
the United Kingdom,
00:00:26.015 --> 00:00:29.001
Sweden, Switzerland, European
Central Bank, even China...
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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.