The Importance of Understanding the Fallout of the Great Recession

The great recession is now more than a decade behind us so at least the start of it. In what ways are we still living in its fallout and why is it important for people to have a good understanding of that crisis especially for those of us who are on the left? "I ranked this recession up there with like you know occupy the Iraq war as like periods of really important political consciousness expanding in my personal life"