Lehman Brothers Tombstone
A gravestone for Lehman Brothers blames its demise on terrible mathematical models.
Content note: Refers to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-lehman-brothers-tombstone/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Tombstone] "LEHMAN BROTHERS 1850–2008. DIED AS IT LIVED — WITH ABYSMAL MATHEMATICAL MODELING"