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The Global Financial Crisis by Coursera

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Duration

64 hours

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Intermediate

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

64 hours

Course Description

Professor Andrew Metrick and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner discuss the causes, the events, the policy responses and the aftermath of the recent global financial crises.

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What You Will Learn

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

Course Instructors

Andrew Metrick

Professor of Finance and Management

Andrew metrick joined the yale school of management in 2008 as a professor of finance. He has previously held faculty positions in the finance department at wharton and the economics department at ha...

Timothy Geithner

Lecturer in Management, Yale SOM, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Timothy F. Geithner served as the 75th Secretary of the Treasury from January 26, 2009 to January 25, 2013. He took office in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and he...

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