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2008. Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_State...




They manufactured things people wanted, but shouldn't have wanted...


GM and Chrysler also went bankrupt the year after.

Silicon Valley Bank was actually the third largest bankruptcy in US history, which is news to me. And apparently Signature Bank was fourth.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096794/largest-bankrupt...


MF Global in 2011 as well, but not terribly big comparatively speaking.




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