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by toomuchtodo 782 days ago
2008. Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_State...
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dchftcs 782 days ago
They manufactured things people wanted, but shouldn't have wanted...
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bobthepanda 782 days ago
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...

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toomuchtodo 782 days ago
MF Global in 2011 as well, but not terribly big comparatively speaking.
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