The Greenspan Era, Financial Crisis of 2008, and Coronavirus Panic of 2020 (HOM 36-B)

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[Originally recorded and posted on YT in Dec. 2020]
History of Money, Lecture 36, Pt. B: overview of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy from the 1990s to the present day, including Alan Greenspan, the dot-com bubble, the repeal of Glass-Steagall, the housing bubble, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, and the Fed's response to covid.

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0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Alan Greenspan
8:59 - Dot-com Bubble
13:18 - Housing Bubble
16:56 - Ben Bernanke
18:58 - Financial Crisis of 2008
21:41 - TARP bailout
29:00 - Bernanke 2009-2014
35:22 - The Fed in 2014-2019
40:01 - Coronavirus Panic of 2020
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