Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters

The Goldilocks Economy and Three Bads (1x22)

Date de diffusion: Août 16, 2018

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the U.S. economy was enjoying a long spell of economic growth that struck economists as just right. But that was before the “three bads” surfaced: bad monetary policy, bad private-sector behavior, and bad financial regulations. See how self-interest and overconfidence blinded investors, borrowers, and regulators to the financial crisis that exploded in 2007–2008.