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Very few in the political, business, scientific and media elites spotted the emerging financial crisis of 2007–08. Most were blind to the dangers of the house-price bubble and the massive gambling with financial derivatives and subprime mortgages.
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van Zon, H. (2016). The United States: The Great Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath. In: Globalized Finance and Varieties of Capitalism. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137560278_3
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