Lesson 23: Mortgage Crisis in the United States
April 24, 2018
Review:
- Drug Cartels in Mexico
- Exam 4 Results
- Final Exam
- Mon at 10:30am in HSB 108
- Review in class on Thu
- Course Evaluations
- Tom Vilsack (former Sec of Agriculture) lecture
- Title: “Combating Rural Poverty through Economic Development”
- Tomorrow: April 25, 2018 at 8:00 am in GCB 111
Presentation:
- Geography of North America
- Mortgage Crisis in the US
- Monetary Policy
- Financial Deregulation
- Housing Market Collapse
- Recovery
- Warren Buffett on Charlie Rose
- Economic Recovery [@ 06:30]
- Housing Recovery [@ 07:00]
- Fiscal Policy [@ 10:00]
- Buffett Rule (Higher tax on income over $1M) [@14:00]
- Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letters
- Where to next?
- Another bubble?
- Another crisis?
- 10-2 Yield Spread
Assignment:
- Watch Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
- Recommended (but optional): The Big Short