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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:
- Historical episodes of macroeconomic crises
- Drivers of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-9
- Options for policy responses
Commitment: This course is suitable if you have no prior understanding of economics. 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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