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Securitization, CDOs, and banking capital
Stock market vs. credit market
Crises of confidence and bank runs
Credit default swaps
Bank recapitalization
De-leveraging (or, where did all the money go?)
Separate posts
Currency crisis
Recession
Federal Reserve
Credit default swaps, herald of doom
Japan’s lost decade
Interest rates
Mark-to-market accounting: This one gets a bit technical, but the first part covers accounting in general and mark-to-market accounting
Risk management and value-at-risk
“Bad banks”
Sweden
Is saving good?
Bank capital, capital adequacy, and tangible common equity
Convertible preferred shares and the Capital Assistance Program
Nationalization
Macroeconomics of the financial crisis
Comparison of different toxic asset plans (by Mark Thoma)
Structured finance: This one presumes a basic understanding of what a CDO is.
Inflation expectations
Financial innovation
GDP growth rates and other economic statistics
Stress tests
Option and warrant pricing
Regulatory capital arbitrage (new 5/30/09)
Planet Money collaboration
National debt
Radio
This American Life, The Giant
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