Economics 344

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by Eugene N. White





Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The Colonial Legacy

Lecture 3: The Seven Years' War & the War for Independence 

Lecture 4: Hamilton and the Founding of the Financial System

Lecture 5: The Bank of the U.S. and the War of 1812

Lecture 6: Early Banks and Financial Markets

Lecture 7: The "Bank War" and the Crises of 1837-1843

Lecture 8: The Free Banking Era

Lecture 9: Antebellum Financial Markets

Lecture 10: The Civil War and its Consequences

Lecture 11: Resumption and the Politics of Silver and Gold

Lecture: 12 The National Banking System: 1863-1914


Lecture 13: Panics, Stock Market Crashes and the Crises of the 19th Century

Lecture 14: The Origins of the Federal Reserve System

Lecture 15: World War I and the Financial System


Lecture16 : Bubbles and Busts in the 20th Century

Lecture 17: The Great Depression


Lecture 18: The New Deal and World War II


Lecture 19: From Stability to Inflation: 1950-1980


Lecture 20: The Savings and Loan and Banking Crisis of the Early 1980s

Lecture 21: The Quiet 1990s, The Panic of 2008 and the Great Recession of 2008-2010


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