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.
The Global Financial Crisis
Offered By
Yale University
About this Course
4.8
1,218 ratings
Skills you will gain
CrisisGlobal Financial CrisisFinancial MarketsFinancial Crisis
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
12 hours to complete
Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis
6 videos (Total 76 min), 5 readings
6 videos
Lecture: What is a Financial Crisis?3m
Lecture: Why Study the Global Financial Crisis?2m
Lecture: Course Themes6m
Lecture: Course Organization5m
Question and Answer50m
5 readings
Introduction to The Global Financial Crisis Slides10m
Suggested Readings10m
Pre-Course Survey10m
Before You Begin10m
Recommended Additional Readings10m
1 hour to complete
The Common Causes of Financial Crises
5 videos (Total 33 min), 2 readings, 6 quizzes
5 videos
Lecture: What Causes Financial Crises? Part 16m
Lecture: What Causes Financial Crises? Part 26m
Lecture: Causes of the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis5m
Lecture: What did We Miss and Why Did We Miss it?6m
2 readings
Why study the Global Financial Crisis? Slides10m
Suggested Readings10m
6 practice exercises
Module 2, Quiz 14m
Module 2, Quiz 24m
Module 2, Quiz 34m
Module 2, Quiz 44m
Module 2, Quiz 54m
Module 2, Wrap Up16m
Week
22 hours to complete
Housing and Mortgages
9 videos (Total 40 min), 2 readings, 8 quizzes
9 videos
Lecture: Housing Bubbles and Financial Crises3m
Lecture: Mortgages: Fixed and Adjustable6m
Lecture: Prime Mortgages3m
Lecture: Nonprime Mortgages4m
Lecture: Why Subprime Mortgages?8m
Lecture: Some Foreclosure Facts6m
Lecture: Crisis Terminology3m
Summary: Housing and Mortgages1m
2 readings
Housing and Mortgages Slides10m
Suggested Readings10m
8 practice exercises
Module 3, Quiz 14m
Module 3, Quiz 24m
Module 3, Quiz 34m
Module 3, Quiz 44m
Module 3, Quiz 54m
Module 3, Quiz 64m
Module 3, Quiz 72m
Module 3, Wrap Up16m
Week
32 hours to complete
Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut
12 videos (Total 62 min), 2 readings, 11 quizzes
12 videos
Lecture: Shadow Banking9m
Lecture: Safe Assets6m
Lecture: The Global Savings Glut Hypothesis7m
Lecture: Global Savings Glut Data, Part I8m
Lecture: Global Savings Glut Data, Part II2m
Lecture: Safe Asset Supply4m
Lecture: Manufacturing Safe Assets4m
Lecture: Securitization: Overview6m
Lecture: Securitization: Data, Part I3m
Lecture: Securitization: Data, Part II4m
Summary: Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut2m
2 readings
Safe Assets and the Global Savings Glut Slides10m
Suggested Readings10m
11 practice exercises
Module 4, Quiz 14m
Module 4, Quiz 24m
Module 4, Quiz 34m
Module 4, Quiz 44m
Module 4, Quiz 54m
Module 4, Quiz 64m
Module 4, Quiz 74m
Module 4, Quiz 84m
Module 4, Quiz 94m
Module 4, Quiz 104m
Module 4, Wrap Up20m
Week
42 hours to complete
The Housing Crisis
10 videos (Total 52 min), 2 readings, 9 quizzes
10 videos
Lecture: What Caused the Housing Crisis2m
Lecture: 3 Hypotheses8m
Lecture: Bad Behavior, Part I6m
Lecture: Hypothesis 1: Bad Behavior, Part II5m
Lecture: Bad Behavior, Part III5m
Lecture: Government Failure, Part I3m
Lecture: Hypothesis 2: Government Failure, Part II6m
Lecture: Hypothesis 3: Bubble Thinking9m
Summary: The Housing Crisis1m
2 readings
The Housing Crisis Slides10m
Suggested Readings10m
9 practice exercises
Module 5, Quiz 14m
Module 5, Quiz 24m
Module 5, Quiz 34m
Module 5, Quiz 44m
Module 5, Quiz 54m
Module 5, Quiz 64m
Module 5, Quiz 74m
Module 5, Quiz 84m
Module 5, Wrap Up16m
4.8
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Top Reviews
Great course indeed. I was following the materials and videos of the crisis for a long time and this course perfectly summarized everthing back by data analysis. Highly recommended to all enthusiasts.
Excellent course on the GFC, I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to learn more about the crisis. The instructors were very good and took a complex subject and made it very understandable.
Instructors
Andrew Metrick
Michael H. Jordan Professor of Finance and ManagementYale School of Management
Timothy Geithner
Lecturer in Management, Yale SOM, Former U.S. Secretary of the TreasuryYale School of Management
About Yale University
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