The Global Financial Crisis

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About this course: Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick survey the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent global financial crisis.

Created by:  Yale University
  • Taught by:  Andrew Metrick, Michael H. Jordan Professor of Finance and Management

    Yale School of Management
  • Taught by:  Timothy Geithner, Lecturer in Management, Yale SOM, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

    Yale School of Management
Commitment 11 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week Language English, Subtitles: Romanian How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 4.8 stars Average …

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About this course: Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick survey the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent global financial crisis.

Created by:  Yale University
  • Taught by:  Andrew Metrick, Michael H. Jordan Professor of Finance and Management

    Yale School of Management
  • Taught by:  Timothy Geithner, Lecturer in Management, Yale SOM, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

    Yale School of Management
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WEEK 1


Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis



6 videos, 4 readings expand


  1. Video: Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis
  2. Leyendo: Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: What is a Financial Crisis?
  5. Video: Lecture: Why Study the Global Financial Crisis?
  6. Video: Lecture: Course Themes
  7. Video: Lecture: Course Organization
  8. Leyendo: Before You Begin
  9. Video: Question and Answer
  10. Leyendo: Recommended Additional Readings


The Common Causes of Financial Crises



5 videos, 2 readings, 5 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Lecture: Why Does This Matter?
  2. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 2, Quiz 1
  3. Leyendo: Why study the Global Financial Crisis? Slides
  4. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  5. Video: Lecture: What Causes Financial Crises? Part 1
  6. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 2, Quiz 2
  7. Video: Lecture: What Causes Financial Crises? Part 2
  8. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 2, Quiz 3
  9. Video: Lecture: Causes of the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis
  10. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 2, Quiz 4
  11. Video: Lecture: What did We Miss and Why Did We Miss it?
  12. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 2, Quiz 5

Graded: Module 2, Wrap Up

WEEK 2


Housing and Mortgages



9 videos, 2 readings, 7 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: Housing and Mortgages
  2. Leyendo: Housing and Mortgages Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: Housing Bubbles and Financial Crises
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: Mortgages: Fixed and Adjustable
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: Prime Mortgages
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Nonprime Mortgages
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: Why Subprime Mortgages?
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: Some Foreclosure Facts
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: Crisis Terminology
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 3, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Summary: Housing and Mortgages

Graded: Module 3, Wrap Up

WEEK 3


Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut



12 videos, 2 readings, 10 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut
  2. Leyendo: Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: Shadow Banking
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: Safe Assets
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: The Global Savings Glut Hypothesis
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Global Savings Glut Data, Part I
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: Global Savings Glut Data, Part II
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: Safe Asset Supply
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: Manufacturing Safe Assets
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Lecture: Securitization: Overview
  19. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 8
  20. Video: Lecture: Securitization: Data, Part I
  21. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 9
  22. Video: Lecture: Securitization: Data, Part II
  23. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 4, Quiz 10
  24. Video: Summary: Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut

Graded: Module 4, Wrap Up

WEEK 4


The Housing Crisis



10 videos, 2 readings, 8 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: The Housing Crisis
  2. Leyendo: The Housing Crisis Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: What Caused the Housing Crisis
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: 3 Hypotheses
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: Bad Behavior, Part I
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Hypothesis 1: Bad Behavior, Part II
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: Bad Behavior, Part III
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: Government Failure, Part I
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: Hypothesis 2: Government Failure, Part II
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Lecture: Hypothesis 3: Bubble Thinking
  19. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 5, Quiz 8
  20. Video: Summary: The Housing Crisis

Graded: Module 5, Wrap Up

WEEK 5


Anxiety, Part I



12 videos, 2 readings, 10 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: Anxiety, Part I
  2. Leyendo: Anxiety, Part I Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: Some Notable Events in 2007
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: ABX
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: ABX Data
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Anxiety Spreads to Interbank Markets
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: LIBOR-OIS
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: LIBOR-OIS Data
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Lecture: ABCP Data
  19. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 8
  20. Video: Lecture: ABCP Runs, Part I
  21. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 9
  22. Video: Lecture: ABCP Runs, Part II
  23. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 6, Quiz 10
  24. Video: Lecture: Module 6 Summary

Graded: Module 6, Wrap Up

WEEK 6


Anxiety, Part II



9 videos, 2 readings, 7 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: Anxiety, Part II
  2. Leyendo: Anxiety, Part II Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Reading
  4. Video: Lecture: Northern Rock: Narrative
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: Northern Rock and the Global Financial Crisis
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: The "Monolines"
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Auction Rate Securities
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: Bear Stearns, Part I
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: Bear Stearns, Part II
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: Bear Stearns, Part III
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 7, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Summary: Anxiety, Part II

Graded: Module 7, Wrap Up

WEEK 7


Panic



9 videos, 2 readings, 8 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: Panic
  2. Leyendo: Panic Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: Shadow Banking
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: Repo
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: The GSEs
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Lehman Brothers
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: MMMFs
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: AIG
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: The Run on Repo
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Lecture: Module 8 Summary
  19. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 8, Quiz 8

Graded: Module 8, Wrap Up

WEEK 8


Our Responses to the Crisis



10 videos, 2 readings, 10 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Lecture: United States Financial Capacity
  2. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 1
  3. Leyendo: Our Responses to the Crisis Slides
  4. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  5. Video: Lecture: Phase 1: Letting It Burn
  6. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 2
  7. Video: Lecture: Phase 1: Letting it Burn - Framework for Crisis Resolution
  8. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 3
  9. Video: Lecture: Phase 2: Early Escalation - The Policy Response
  10. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 4
  11. Video: Lecture: Phase 3: Breaking the Panic - Market Developments
  12. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 5
  13. Video: Lecture: Triage in a Panic
  14. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 6
  15. Video: Lecture: Phase 4: Resolution - Market Developments
  16. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 7
  17. Video: Lecture: Phase 4: Resolution: What We Did
  18. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 8
  19. Video: Lecture: The Stress Test
  20. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 9
  21. Video: Lecture: Housing Response
  22. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 9, Quiz 10

Graded: Module 9, Wrap Up

WEEK 9


Responding to Future Crises



6 videos, 2 readings, 5 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Lecture: What Have We Learned? Outcomes: Prisms 1-5
  2. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 10, Quiz 1
  3. Leyendo: Responding to Future Crises Slides
  4. Leyendo: Suggest Readings
  5. Video: Lecture: What Have We Learned? Outcomes: Prisms 6-10
  6. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 10, Quiz 2
  7. Video: Lecture: Unfinished Business
  8. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 10, Quiz 3
  9. Video: Lecture: Playbook: Rule 1-5
  10. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 10, Quiz 4
  11. Video: Lecture: Playbook: Rule 6-10
  12. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 10, Quiz 5
  13. Video: Lecture: Responding to Future Crises Conclusion

Graded: Module 10, Wrap Up

WEEK 10


Europe in the Global Financial Crisis



8 videos, 2 readings, 6 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: Europe in the Global Financial Crisis
  2. Leyendo: Europe in the Global Financial Crisis Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: The Euro: Background
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 11, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: European Growth and Unemployment
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 11, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: Three Connected Crises
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 11, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Timeline
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 11, Quiz 4
  12. Video: Lecture: Ireland
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 11, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: Iceland
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 11, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Summary: Europe in the Global Financial Crisis

Graded: Module 11, Wrap Up

WEEK 11


The Eurozone Crisis



12 videos, 2 readings, 10 practice quizzes expand


  1. Video: Introduction: The Eurozone Crisis
  2. Leyendo: The Eurozone Crisis Slides
  3. Leyendo: Suggested Readings
  4. Video: Lecture: Eurozone Crisis: Overview
  5. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 1
  6. Video: Lecture: Eurozone Crisis: Timeline, Part I
  7. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 2
  8. Video: Lecture: Eurozone Crisis: Timeline, Part II
  9. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 3
  10. Video: Lecture: Eurozone Crisis: Timeline, Part III
  11. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 4
  12. Video: The Economics of the Euro
  13. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 5
  14. Video: Lecture: Ireland and Iceland Revisited, Part I
  15. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 6
  16. Video: Lecture: Ireland and Iceland Revisited, Part II
  17. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 7
  18. Video: Lecture: Ireland and Iceland Revisited, Aftermath
  19. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 8
  20. Video: Lecture: Internal Devaluations
  21. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 9
  22. Video: The Euro and the Gold Standard: Lessons from the Great Depression
  23. Cuestionario de práctica: Module 12, Quiz 10
  24. Video: Summary: The Eurozone Crisis

Graded: Module 12, Wrap Up

Course Summary
Course Summary


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  1. Video: Course Summary
  2. Leyendo: Summary Slides
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