Documentary Series & Book

Economic Crises Explained

Seventeen crises. Three centuries. What happened, why it happened, and what — if anything — we learned.

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Series Introduction

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All Episodes

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The South Sea Bubble
Episode 1
The South Sea Bubble
1720
 The Long Depression
Episode 2
The Long Depression
1873–1896
 The Panic of 1907
Episode 3
The Panic of 1907
1907
 The Weimar Hyperinflation
Episode 4
The Weimar Hyperinflation
1921–1923
 The Great Depression
Episode 5
The Great Depression
1929–1939
 The 1970s Stagflation
Episode 6
The 1970s Stagflation
1973–1982
 The Latin American Debt Crisis
Episode 7
The Latin American Debt Crisis
1982–1989
 Black Monday
Episode 8
Black Monday
1987
 The Japanese Lost Decade
Episode 9
The Japanese Lost Decade
1990–2000
 The Asian Financial Crisis
Episode 10
The Asian Financial Crisis
1997–1998
 The LTCM Collapse
Episode 11
The LTCM Collapse
1998
 The Dot-com Crash
Episode 12
The Dot-com Crash
2000–2001
 The Argentine Crisis
Episode 13
The Argentine Crisis
2001–2002
 The Global Financial Crisis
Episode 14
The Global Financial Crisis
2008–2012
 The Eurozone Debt Crisis
Episode 15
The Eurozone Debt Crisis
2010–2012
 The COVID-19 Economic Shock
Episode 16
The COVID-19 Economic Shock
2020
 The Great Inflation
Episode 17
The Great Inflation
2021–2023

Companion Book

Each episode is accompanied by a fully referenced chapter with data, primary sources, and deeper analysis — GDP collapses, unemployment surges, inequality shifts, and the sociological transformations economic crises leave in their wake.

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