Sifting through the wreckage of a calamity that never really ended

orkers at Lehman Brothers react in horror to the bank’s stunning collapse in September 2008 Pic: Getty

Finance: Crashed, By Adam Tooze , Penguin, €36

When did the financial crisis actually end? Was it when the US’s banking system was saved through massive and unprecedented state intervention? Was it when global stock markets swung back into a growth spurt that has still not abated? Was it when ECB chief Mario Draghi said he would do whatever it took to save the euro, or when an uneasy peace broke out between ...