Road to ruin Our writers look at the real story behind the economic slump. We find out how boom turned to bust, ask who's to blame, and suggest ways out of the mess we're in
Credit crunch in cartoons The lighter side of the financial crisis - through the cartoons of Kipper Williams
Poll points finger at Greenspan The people have spoken - and named the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve as the person most to blame for this fine financial mess we are in
Big spenders become bargain hunters as austerity beckons Julia Finch: Credit crunch fuels change in shopping habits - with a big impact on well-known luxury brands
Debt has become a drug. Withdrawal will be painful Dan Roberts
Cheap debt junkies have to go cold turkey as supply dries up
'Old fashioned' builder who resisted lure of borrowing
After the debt, the hangover: one third of buyouts are likely to need restructuring
Fishworks caught by rapid expansion and long leases
Men who made £1bn as banks were bailed out
Pay packet envy: the greed that drove the City's bonus culture
Meet the bankruptcy barons who turn bust into boom Spotlight on dealers in debt who make a profit from the failures of others
The bankruptcy barons In the third part of our series, Elena Moya looks at those who profit from others' failures
Debt-laden consumers fall for siren call of more loans Consumer Credit Counselling Service experiences record levels of calls from families and older people
Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ... In the second part of a week-long series looking behind the slump, Julia Finch picks out the individuals who have led us into the current crisis
Road to ruin Larry Elliott travels along the M62 from Liverpool to Hull, to investigate the impact of the recession on industrial England
Across Britain people ask: is this country going bust? Along the length of the M62, there is a grim determination to survive the recession that was never supposed to happen
Q&A: How much does Britain actually owe? Official figures show that the government had run up total debts of £697.5bn by the end of 2008
Growing stocks of unsold cars around the world Carmakers around the world are cutting production as inventories build up to unprecedented levels
'It was mayhem': Larry Elliott's review of the year The Guardian's economics editor Larry Elliott takes a look at the main events that shaped the financial world in 2008
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