The Great Recession wasn’t just a housing crash, it was a financial chain reaction that reshaped how investors, lenders, and policymakers think about risk, leverage, and real estate forever. In this episode, Erica and Erin unpack how subprime lending, mortgage-backed securities, and complex financial products collided to trigger one of the most severe economic downturns in modern history, and what today’s investors can learn from it.

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• How subprime mortgages, adjustable rates, and weak lending standards fueled the housing bubble

• What mortgage-backed securities, CDOs, and credit default swaps did to the financial system

• Why defaults triggered a global market freeze and historic job and wealth losses

• How government intervention, stimulus, and  ...