"In March 2012, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke volition deliver a four-part lecture serial nearly the Federal Reserve as well as the fiscal crisis that emerged inwards 2007. The serial begins alongside a lecture on the origins as well as missions of primal banks, followed past times a lecture that volition speak over the move as well as actions of the Federal Reserve inwards the catamenia after World War II. In the concluding ii lectures, the Chairman volition review some of the causes of, as well as policy responses to, the recent fiscal crisis, focusing specifically on the actions of the Federal Reserve."
The get-go lecture is today at 12:45 EST. Here's the schedule for all 4 lectures. Of course, you lot don't necessitate to picket live. You tin picket later, or hold off until a transcript is available. For details, larn to the link above.These lectures are beingness delivered to an undergraduate course of educational activity at the George Washington University School of Business, as well as thence I await that they volition move pedagogical inwards musical note as well as focus on giving a lot of background information--not on breaking word nearly imminent changes inwards monetary policy. But for teachers as well as students, within academia as well as out, it's a direct a opportunity to listen it all from the horse's mouth.
Lecture 1: Origins as well as Mission of the Federal Reserve
Watch alive on March 20, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Lecture 2: The Federal Reserve after World War II
Watch alive on March 22, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Lecture 3: The Financial Crisis as well as the Great Recession
Watch alive on March 27, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Lecture 4: The Aftermath of the Crisis
Watch alive on March 29, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET