Remember toxic assets? Those complicated mortgage bonds that almost brought down the financial system? We bought one to figure out how the 2008 housing crisis played out. We called it Toxie. (This series originally ran in 2010-2011.) Subscribe to Planet Money+ now to get access and get sponsor-free listening to Planet Money.
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