2008 Financial Crisis Explained: Causes, Impact & Lessons I Business Case Study 5 I Yash Kumar

In this video we understand The 2008 Economic Crisis, also known as the Global Financial Crisis. We answer questions like what led to this global collapse, and how did it impact the world? We break down the key players involved—banks, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), credit default swaps, and insurance giants like AIG—and explain how subprime lending and risky financial practices caused the housing bubble to burst.

You'll discover:
• The 4 key players involved and how misaligned incentives led to the entire economy crashing.
• The role of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) in the crisis.
• Why millions of Americans lost their homes, and how global markets collapsed.
• The key lessons that businesses, investors, and governments learned—or should have learned—from the crisis.

Finally we also talk about the lessons we can learn from the same