Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters

Asia, Greece, and Global Contagion (1x16)

Fecha de emisión: Ago 16, 2018

Analyze the cause of currency crises, using the 1997 collapse of the Thai baht as test case. Uncover why such events can happen suddenly with little chance for a government to stop the precipitous fall in its currency's value, and also why the U.S. dollar is not immune. Consider the role of currency speculators, such as George Soros, who famously broke the Bank of England in 1992.