Course C

Financial Crises: Past and Present

Course organiser:Frank Tay

Recent years have seen successive crises in financial markets. Now they are peaking in the turmoil in Euro-land, with sovereign debt bail-outs of enormous proportions. Why have these crises occurred and what lies ahead?

27 Sep:
External Debt Crises: Whys, Wherefores and Solutions: Frank Tay was Head of the Economics Department at Canterbury University before taking early retirement in 1989

4 Oct:
The American Mortgage Train Wreck: Dr Philip Meguire is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Canterbury University

11 Oct:
Central Bank Responses to the Global Financial Crisis and its Aftermath: Dr Alfred Guender is an Associate Professor of Economics at Canterbury University

18 Oct:
Sovereign Debt Crises of Emerging Markets and Eurozone: Dr Kuntal Das lectures on Macroeconomics at Canterbury University

25 Oct:
The Global Financial Crisis Four Years On and The Impact on New Zealand: Dr Paul Dalziel is a Professor of Economics at Lincoln University