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
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- Contingency Planning
- Crisis Management
- Policy Analysis, Research, and Development
- Financial Systems
- General Finance
- Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
- Public Policies
- Loans
- Crisis Intervention
- Financial Policy
- Financial Regulations
- Financial Market
- Credit Risk
- Lending and Underwriting
- International Finance
- Financial Services
- Mortgage Loans
- Consumer Lending
- Financial Regulation
- Risk Management Framework
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CV
Reviewed on Jan 10, 2017
Excellent course. A real privilege to have this kind of instructors. Exceptional opportunity to receive information directly from one of the main protagonists of the event.
SR
Reviewed on Aug 15, 2017
thoroughly enjoyed it. Did it for purely for general knowledge purposes. Very delighted to complete it. Course lecturers Andrew is fabulous and Timothy is very grounded (with lot of depth)
KK
Reviewed on Jul 17, 2017
this cause has corrected some misconceptions that i had during my work as a bank examiner.. it will assist me in my current role as a risk manager of a significant important financial institution
