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Description<\/span><\/h2>\n

Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters takes a detailed and engaging look at some of history\u2019s most significant financial crises to provide a better understanding of the risks and challenges facing today\u2019s financial markets. Looking at events such as the tulip bubble in 17th-century Holland, the stock market crash of 1929, and the derivatives scandal of the 1990s, the course shows how factors such as excessive speculation, easy credit, and lax regulation can lead to major economic disasters.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 24 half-hour lectures, Duke University professor Connell Vollenkamp recounts harrowing tales of financial mishaps and fraud, revealing the complex mechanisms of financial markets and profit-seeking schemes, as well as the innate human desire for quick fixes and easy money. He also explores complex financial concepts, and in the first session, dissects cryptocurrencies, their purposes, uses, and inherent risks, explaining how their newness and reliance on computer algorithms, along with their appeal to criminals, have made them a very high-risk financial instrument.<\/span><\/p>\n

What you will learn<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n