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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