https://spencergreenhalgh.com/titles/the-big-short/recent posts from spencergreenhalgh.comHugoenMon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:01 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-10-12-my-experience/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:01 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-10-12-my-experience/ <p>My experience of the 2008 financial crisis was an interesting one. I was living abroad as a Mormon missionary, with all my bills paid for by the church (and, indirectly, my parents, who footed the costs that all Mormon missionaries pay). I lived in a bubble of religious purpose wrapped in a bubble of privilege, and it rarely occurred to me that there was real economic crisis happening around me (and all this despite reporting to someone recently retired as a high-ranking executive at Fannie Mae).</p> <p>All of this is to say that I feel like there&rsquo;s a lot I&rsquo;m catching up on about this period of history. Reading Doctorow&rsquo;s <em>For the Win</em> a couple of times has helped me better understand a time that I lived through as an adult, and this movie did, too. It gave me some productive (if admittedly naïve) anger to act upon, and in recognition of the &ldquo;admittedly naïve&rdquo; bit, I&rsquo;m working on the original book right now to try to make my anger better informed.</p>

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