Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers the story of the world's attempts to stop the financial crisis turning into a Great Depression has been dominated by central banks' balance sheets. John Authers describes how this averted total disaster and sparked a big rally for stock markets. Read more on the 10-year anniversary of the financial crisis at ft.com/financialcrisis.

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