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  4. Money and Banking: What Everyone Should Know

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Money and Banking: What Everyone Should Know

Series: Money and Banking: What Everyone Should Know
4.8
(4)
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Episodes
36
Rating
TVPG
Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

An economist and award-winning professor leads you in a panoramic exploration of our monetary and financial systems, their inner workings, and their crucial role and presence in your world.

Related Subjects

  • Educational
  • Business

Episodes

1. The Importance of Money

31m

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Consider the fundamental nature of money as a social contract and a social institution.

2. Money as a Social Contract

30m

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Here, learn about five stages in the evolution of money.

3. How Is Money Created?

30m

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Study the invention of paper money and the history of the gold standard.

4. Monetary History of the United States

28m

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Follow key issues surrounding national currency and coinage.

5. Local Currencies and Nonstandard Banks

30m

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Here, study nontraditional models for solving economic problems.

6. How Inflation Erodes the Value of Money

30m

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Learn about the correlation between inflation and the consumer price index.

7. Hyperinflation Is the Repudiation of Money

29m

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Trace the root causes of extreme inflation in governments.

8. Saving - The Source of Funds for Investment

32m

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Explore the meaning of "investment" in economics as increases to a nation's "capital stock."

9. The Real Rate of Interest

28m

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Study the difference between the "nominal" and "real" rate of interest.

10. Financial Intermediaries

32m

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Investigate how intermediaries such as commercial banks facilitate borrowing and lending.

Extended Details

  • SeriesMoney and Banking: What Everyone Should Know
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

The Great CoursesDirector
The Great CoursesProducer
Michael K. SalemiActor

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