The Financial Crisis: What Happened?

  

Thoughts of Past Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan

On 7/1/2010, Alan Greenspan appeared on CNBC's Squak Box and talked for an hour about the causes of the financial crisis and the current state of the U.S. and global economy.

Part 1: Greenspan Sounds Off  (7:00 AM ET)

Part 2: Greenspan's Thinking  (7:15 AM ET)

Part 3: Greenspan on U.S. Economy  (7:34 AM ET)

Part 4: Greenspan on European Debt  (7:56 AM ET)

 


September 28, 2009

EconTalk podcast with Russ Roberts.

William Cohan on the Life and Death of Bear Stearns

 

"The Final Days of Merrill Lynch ", William D Cohan, The Atlantic, September 2009

"Checkmate for a Wall Street wizard?", WIlliam D. Cohan, Fortune Magazine, September 2, 2009


October 5, 2009

EconTalk podcast with Russ Roberts

Gary Stern on Too Big To Fail

 


May 17, 2010

Thoughts of George Mason Economist Russell Roberts

Economist Russell Roberts talks about the causes of the economic crisis in the following one hour podcast and accompanying paper.

Russell Roberts is Professor of Economics at George Mason University, the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Distinguished Scholar at the Mercatus Center, and a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

Russ Roberts Podcast: Roberts on the Crisis

Russ Robert's paper on the causes of the financail crisis: Gambling With Other People's Money


March 28, 2011

EconTalk podcast with Russ Roberts.

Vincent Reinhart on Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and the Financial Crisis