The financial crisis of 2008 was a turning point during which the complexity of our financial system manifested itself. It was a web we had spun for over for more than thirty years ut it turned out to be a giant house of cards. Starting in the US where the Lehman Brothers fell, the crisis spread like wildfire. Only two weeks after Lehman, the crisis infected Europe..

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Jan Peter Balkenende

Self

Wouter Bos

Self

Nout Wellink

Self

Yves Leterme

Self

Didier Reynders

Self

Jean-Claude Trichet

Self

Mervyn King

Self

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Mark Rutte

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Plasterk

Self (archive footage)

Twan Huys

Self (archive footage)