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SumcraftFinance · Economics · Business

Historic Events & Figures

The crashes, corners and characters that shaped modern finance.

The London skyline financial district at dawn.

The Lehman Brothers Collapse and the Morning London's Money Markets Froze

16 September 202612 min

A queue of people outside a UK high street bank branch.

The 2007 Northern Rock Collapse: How a Wholesale Funding Crisis Sparked Britain's First Bank Run in 150 Years

21 August 202610 min

A vintage newspaper stand with financial headlines.

The 1929 Wall Street Crash: Anatomy of a Bubble

2 April 20269 min

Stacked silver bullion bars.

The Hunt Brothers and the Great Silver Corner of 1980

19 March 20267 min

An ornate, marble-columned banking hall from the Gilded Age.

J.P. Morgan: The Banker Who Stopped Two Panics

11 February 20267 min