Critics are questioning the motives behind a banking giants socially responsible investment strategy
When Goldman Sachs and billionaire Paul Tudor Jones announced a partnership three months ago to help socially conscious investors support just business behavior, they promised that Continue reading
Debt is above 2008 level and failure to reform banking system could trigger crisis
The world economy is at risk of another financial meltdown, following the failure of governments and regulators to push through all the reforms needed to protect Continue reading
Ten years ago this weekend the investment banks bankruptcy caused panic in US and UK
Ten years ago this weekend Lehman Brothers crashed into bankruptcy the biggest corporate failure in history and sent the worlds financial system reeling close Continue reading
The effect on the FTSE 100 through to pensions, house prices and savers
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, prompting a fall in the FTSE 100 of 4%. It was the Continue reading
Claims that the finance sector brings jobs and revenue were exposed as a sham and the rest of us inherited a legacy of debt, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
August 2005, and the people who steer the world economy Continue reading
We look at their fortunes and how their countries coped with the worst financial collapse since the 1930s
In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 the G20 called an emergency meeting in Washington in a Continue reading
Capitalisms near-death experience was a golden opportunity for progressives. But they blew it, says the Guardians economics editor Larry Elliott
Placards are being prepared. Photo-opportunities are being organised. A list of demands is being drawn up by a coalition Continue reading
