1. The Great Crash of 2008: Causes and Consequences Author: Deepak Lal Publication Date: 06-2010 Content Type: Journal Article Journal: The Cato Journal Institution: The Cato Institute Abstract: In the early 1980s, I was working as the research administrator at the World Bank, while the Third World was engulfed by a debt crisis. The current global financial crisis has eerie similarities, but different outcomes. Why? Topic: Third World and Financial Crisis Political Geography: Africa, Asia, and Latin America