| Description |
18 audio discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Note |
36 lectures of 30 min. each. |
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"Topic: business & economics ; subtopic: business"--Container. |
| Performer |
Lecturer, Michael K. Salemi, professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
| Summary |
Examines the idea of money as a social contract and discusses how financial institutions and markets work. |
| Contents |
The importance of money -- Money as a social contract -- How is money created? -- Monetary history of the United States -- Local currencies and nonstandard banks -- How inflation erodes the value of money -- Hyperinflation is the repudiation of money -- Saving-the source of funds -- The real rate of interest -- Financial intermediaries -- Commercial banks -- Central banks -- Present value -- Probability, expected value, and uncertainty -- Risk and risk aversion -- An introduction to bond markets -- Bond prices and yields -- How economic forces affect interest rates -- Why interest rates move together -- The term structure of interest rates -- Introduction to the stock market -- Stock price fundamentals -- Stock market bubbles and irrational exuberance -- Derivative securities -- Asymmetric information -- Regulation of financial firms -- Subprime mortgage crissi and reregulation -- Interest rate policy at the Fed and ECB -- The objectives of monetary policy -- Should Central Banks follow a policy rule? -- Extraordinary tools for extraordinary times -- Central bank independence -- The foreign exchange value of the dollar -- Exchange rates and international banking -- Monetary policy coordination -- Challenges for the future. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Money.
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Banks and banking.
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Finance.
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Economics.
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Capitalism.
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Credit.
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Financial crises -- United States.
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Banks and banking. (OCoLC)fst00826867
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Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
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Credit. (OCoLC)fst00882525
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Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
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Finance. (OCoLC)fst00924349
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Financial crises. (OCoLC)fst00924607
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Money. (OCoLC)fst01025265
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598038194 |
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1598038192 |
| Music No. |
5630 Teaching Co. |
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