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Michael lewis, how the financial crisis created a new. Euro however, in 2008, spain was badly affected by the global credit crisis. The european debt crisis often also referred to as the eurozone crisis or the european sovereign debt crisis is a multiyear debt crisis that has been taking place in the european union since. In 2006, spain started building 800,000 new homes more than germany, italy, france and uk combined. The 2008 crash was the greatest jolt to the global financial system in almost a century it pushed the worlds banking system towards the edge of collapse. The crisis made the spanish economy sink into a deep recession in 2008. Six years out from the latest panicthe 200809 housingtriggered financial crisisthis is as good a time as any to examine what happened, ask who was to blame and weigh the likelihood of it. The 20082014 spanish financial crisis, also known as the great recession in spain or the great spanish depression, began in 2008 during the world financial crisis of 200708. Michael lewis, how the financial crisis created a new third world in boomerang, writer michael lewis tells the stories of the countries hit hardest by the 2008. Its been over 10 years since the financial crisis struck, and andrew ross sorkins too big to fail still remains one of the best books on the 2008 financial crisis ever written. Books that are great sources for understanding the causes, events and aftermath of the recent financial crisis. The second was the eurozone crisis, which hit greece and ireland hardest, but also affected portugal, italy and spain. The new statesman by jason cowley, the crisis of the european union.
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