How the 2008 Financial Crisis Undermined America's Economic Dominance
January 20, 2026
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as posted by the channelConflicted - Season Two | Episode Five
Almost two decades ago, the credit crunch killed more than mortgages - it shattered the dream of a global liberal system. This episode explores how the 2008 financial crisis undermined America’s economic dominance and set off shockwaves that transformed geopolitics worldwide.
Key takeaways from this episode:
- From subprime mortgages and CRA to the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
- Fractional reserve banking explained - and why confidence, not gold, underpins modern prosperity.
- Why the crisis happened: political decisions, bubbles, and the abandonment of risk aversion.
- The global fallout: Occupy Wall Street in the West and the Arab Spring in the Middle East.
- How globalization’s fragility was exposed and the cost of interdependence.
- Aimenomics 101: why 19th-century ideologies are obsolete and why countries should run like businesses.
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