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Yale University

The Global Financial Crisis

Yale University via Coursera

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

  • 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
    • Course Summary

Taught by

Andrew Metrick and Timothy Geithner

Reviews

4.5 rating, based on 11 Class Central reviews

4.8 rating at Coursera based on 2282 ratings

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  • I really liked this course. It is a detailed acount of how the global financial crisis came about, starting with the housing crisis (including sub-prime) and the global savings glut. It continues with how the anxiety started and spread through the g…
  • Henrik Warne's review is spot-on; I will not duplicate what he said. Just want to add that although Timothy Geithner is the headliner, he only made an appearance in 3 of 11 weeks. Andrew Metrick did all the heavy lifting, and he is both a good exp…
  • A clear synthesis of a complex world-wide crisis . Both lecturers gave me a detailled chronology of the several steps of the failures . The quizzes are very easy and only useful to motivate the learner . Highly recommended course by brilliant lecturers .
  • Anonymous
    Not just best online course I have taken but best course I have ever take. Professor Metrick is awesome. If you have an interest I the GFC take it. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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