Strand Cigarettes – 1959

10 years ago

The new brand was launched with the reassuring reminder that ‘You’re Never Alone with a Strand - the Cigarette of…

Iceland Goes Bust – 2008

10 years ago

Even the largest of corporations can go bankrupt, and the Third World has many countries that constantly teeter on the…

Collapse of Lehman Brothers – 2008

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Lehman Brothers was founded in 1850 by three brothers who emigrated to the USA from Germany, initially running a store…

Global Financial Crisis – 2007-2009

10 years ago

The causes of catastrophic financial events that started unfolding in 2007 were many and varied, but one inescapable fact is…

Zimbabwe Hyperinflation – 2000-2009

10 years ago

Southern Rhodesia was created by acquisitive British colonial entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes, after whom landlocked territory south of the Zambesi River…

Dot-com Bubble – 2000-2001

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Every so often, something happens to change the world, from invention of the wheel through the first smelting of iron…

Black Wednesday – 1992

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If there was one thing the Conservative Party cherished - and the British electorate admired - it was a reputation…

Soviet Economic Collapse – 1979-1991

10 years ago

The big winners to emerge from World War II were two superpowers that - like mighty stags that feel compelled…

Nikkei Bubble – 1990

10 years ago

In 1945 Japan was a feudal monarchy that had suffered catastrophic defeat in World War II, but in fewer than…

UK Stock Market Crash and Stagflation

10 years ago

‘When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold’ so it’s not really surprising that when America got…