- Platform
- Coursera
- Provider
- Yale University
- Effort
- 4-6 hours/week
- Length
- 11 weeks
- Language
- English
- Credentials
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course Link
Overview
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.
Syllabus
Andrew Metrick and Timothy Geithner
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.
Syllabus
- Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis
- The Common Causes of Financial Crises
- Housing and Mortgages
- Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut
- The Housing Crisis
- Anxiety, Part I
- Anxiety, Part II
- Panic
- Our Responses to the Crisis
- Responding to Future Crises
- Europe in the Global Financial Crisis
- The Eurozone Crisis
- Course Summary
Andrew Metrick and Timothy Geithner