(Win McNamee/Getty Images) It is astonishing that, even though the global financial crisis occurred a decade ago, we do not yet have a clear and convincing explanation of its basic cause.

The world's photojournalists have been doing their best to find original ways to illustrate the global financial crisis. Some of their efforts have been commendable -- others, not. SPIEGEL ONLINE ...

If you’ve been paying attention, the crisis is practically knocking at our doors. Global corporate debt is suffocating the system. At $22.1 trillion, it’s higher than ever, with $11.3 trillion ...

The crisis was the worst U.S. economic disaster since the Great Depression. In the United States, the stock market plummeted, wiping out nearly $8 trillion in value between late 2007 and 2009.

The global financial crisis began 10 years ago this week. The bad news is that it doesn’t take a once-in-a-lifetime financial crisis to put a big dent in your savings, merely a perfectly ...

For those of you who don’t remember the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 (it even has its own acronym, GFC), it was no walk in the park. From late-2007 to mid-2009, a downturn in the US housing ...

Those who agree with such assessments, endlessly regurgitated through media and academic outlets, would do well to examine the “Global Risks Report 2023” of the World Economic Forum (WEF ...

The consequences of the global financial crisis of 2007–2008 were far-reaching and long-lasting. Some of the most significant impacts of the global financial crisis on the world’s economy include: ...

On March 10, the biggest failure of a US bank since the global financial crisis was playing out in real time as a major lender to the tech industry succumbed to a classic bank run.