Friday, November 9, 2018

The 2008 Financial Crisis: Panic

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Transcript

Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis: The Panic (Transcript)

by John B. Taylorvia Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis
Thursday, November 15, 2018

The transcript of the session “Workshop Series on the 2008 Financial Crisis: The Panic,” at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University on November 9, 2018. Chaired by John Cochrane with opening presentations by George P. Shultz and Niall Ferguson, followed by a general group discussion.

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Papers And Presentations
Papers And Presentations

The 2008 Financial Crisis and the Ascent of Money

by Niall Fergusonvia Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis
Friday, November 9, 2018

Looking back ten years, I have been struck by two things. First, the analytical framework of The Ascent of Money served readers well. The book correctly foresaw that, bad as things already were in the summer of 2008, they were about to get a great deal worse.

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The 2008 Financial Crisis: Lessons Learned

by George P. Shultzvia Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis
Friday, November 9, 2018

As I see the financial crisis of 2008, the following steps outline what took place. One of the main lessons to learn from the financial crisis is the importance of holding institutions - large and small, and including the federal government –accountable for their actions.

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Comments and Related Research
Comments and Related Research

Remarks on the Financial Crisis

by George P. Shultzvia Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis
Friday, October 19, 2018
Excerpts from “A Conversation about Key Conclusions,” in Ending Government Bailouts As We Know Them, Kenneth E. Scott, George P. Shultz, John B. Taylor (Eds.) Hoover Institution Press,2009
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Make Failure Tolerable

by George P. Shultzvia Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis
Friday, November 9, 2018
An excerpt from Ending Government Bailouts As We Know Them, Kenneth E. Scott, George P. Shultz, John B. Taylor (Eds.) Hoover Institution Press, 2009
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THE CAUSES
THE PANIC
THE RECESSION
THE LESSONS
THE OVERVIEW