Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters. Episode 16, Asia, Greece, and Global Contagion.

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 cur...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Great Courses, The, Fullenkamp, Connel
Weitere Verfasser:
Fullenkamp, Connel (SchauspielerIn)
Format:
Elektronisch Film
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2018.
Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Anmerkungen:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Format Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Schlagworte:
Economic development.
History, Modern.
Education films.
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