• 1 minute 1 second
    The banking crisis: cause and effect
    A short introduction to this album.
    29 March 2010, 1:10 am
  • Transcript -- The banking crisis: cause and effect
    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
    29 March 2010, 1:10 am
  • 7 minutes 47 seconds
    The collapse
    Banks were once the corner stone of modern British society, but by September 2005 banks stopped lending to each other overnight. What happened? What caused this credit crisis?
    29 March 2010, 1:09 am
  • Transcript -- The collapse
    Transcript -- Banks were once the corner stone of modern British society, but by September 2005 banks stopped lending to each other overnight. What happened? What caused this credit crisis?
    29 March 2010, 1:09 am
  • 3 minutes 44 seconds
    Casino Banking
    As banks were pressured to increase returns, the age of casino banking was born. Along with it came ever more complex forms of securitised debt.
    29 March 2010, 1:08 am
  • Transcript -- Casino Banking
    Transcript -- As banks were pressured to increase returns, the age of casino banking was born. Along with it came ever more complex forms of securitised debt.
    29 March 2010, 1:08 am
  • 4 minutes 4 seconds
    More lending, more spending
    By the end of 2004 people were offered more money and a larger choice in financial products. Ken Jones explains how cheap credit helped his business go from strength to strength.
    29 March 2010, 1:07 am
  • Transcript -- More lending, more spending
    Transcript -- By the end of 2004 people were offered more money and a larger choice in financial products. Ken Jones explains how cheap credit helped his business go from strength to strength.
    29 March 2010, 1:07 am
  • 2 minutes 11 seconds
    Rating Agencies: too lenient?
    Were the rating agencies too lenient? Should these private companies have seen the crisis coming?
    29 March 2010, 1:06 am
  • Transcript -- Rating Agencies: too lenient?
    Transcript -- Were the rating agencies too lenient? Should these private companies have seen the crisis coming?
    29 March 2010, 1:06 am
  • 5 minutes
    The first domino: Northern Rock
    In early 2007 Northern Rock were the first of the UK retail banks to seek emergency funding from the Bank of England.
    29 March 2010, 1:05 am
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