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2007–2008 financial crisis

global financial crisis triggered by bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of housing-related securities
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2007–2008 financial crisis
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Summary

2007–2008 financial crisis is a financial crisis[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of financial crisis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,259 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: Economic crisis from 2007[3]
  • Has part(s): United States subprime mortgage crisis[4], bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers[5]
  • Start time: January 1, 2007[6]
  • Has cause: United States subprime mortgage crisis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Financial crisis of 2007–08[8]
  • Described by source: Library of Economics and Liberty[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • Theorized by: Project Russia[11]

Why It Matters

2007–2008 financial crisis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 159 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

The Big Short United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → global-financial-crisis, global-financial-crisis-2008-2009
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: global-financial-crisis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930829|global financial crisis (#289930829)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Start time → +2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Has part(s) → United States subprime mortgage crisis, bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
    Instance of → financial crisis
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007547395705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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