One Year In: What Do We Know About the Financial Crisis?

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One Year In: What Do We Know About the Financial Crisis?

Capitol Hill Campus, Financial Markets Working Group

If you would like to register for this event please contact Megan Mahan at  mmahan@gmu.edu or at (703) 993-4967.

Event Description:

Twelve months after the failure of Lehman Brothers, introduction of TARP, a freeze-up of interbank lending, and the beginning of a stock market roller coaster ride, what do we know about what really happened? What really caused the housing bubble and how did that lead to the crisis? If the crisis was the result of many mistakes, how should we go about thinking about what kinds of mistakes were made and who is really at fault?

Join us for this discussion of how we got to where we are, and what we need to know now. Russ Roberts, PhD and Arnold Kling, PhD will present the findings of their in-depth investigations of the causes and nature of this unique economic event.

We have limited space for this event, so please r.s.v.p. to reserve your place!

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Russell Roberts

  • J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Professor of Economics Chair, Mercatus Center
  • Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Russell Roberts is Professor of Economics at George Mason University, the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Distinguished Scholar at the Mercatus Center, and a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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Arnold Kling

  • Former economist Federal Reserve and Freddie Mac
  • Member Financial Markets Working Group
Arnold Kling is a member of the Mercatus Center’s Financial Markets Working Group. As a member of the working group, Dr. Kling draws on his experience at Freddie Mac and the Federal Reserve to increase understanding of monetary policy, the regulation “anomaly,” and the inside workings of America's federal financial institutions.
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