Macroeconomic Crises: Intermediate

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About this course:

What causes economic crisis? Why was the 2007-09 Global Financial Crisis been so severe with many countries not having reach pre-crisis levels of GDP growth even 10 years afterwards? What can governments do to get the economy out of crisis? Are some policies more effective than others? These are some of the questions you will be better able to answer when you have completed this course, putting you in a better position to think about the policies are required to recover from new crises.

Topics covered:

• What role did financial innovation did play in the GFC?
• What role did consumers and government regulation play?
• What can policy makers such as the government and the Central Bank do to restore economic growth post-crisis?

Commitment: This course is suitable if you have completed Macroeconomic Crises: Introductory or have equivalent knowledge. We recommend/expect learners to complete it within 4 weeks. Each course comprises 2 units divided into 4 sections, making up 7-8 hours of learning. The course ends with a light-touch assessment of the learning for you to measure your learning.

Recommend completion time: 4 weeks

Format: Online

Fee: £144 (including VAT)

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Promotion: Purchase the complete course set for £300 + VAT