Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Circuit City, Borders Bookstore, Sharper Image, and some 150,000 small businesses across the United States — the 2008 global financial crisis killed them all. Turns out, looking at that crisis explains a lot about where we are right now in 2025.
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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.