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About the Course

The last three or four decades have seen a remarkable evolution in the institutions that comprise the modern monetary system. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 is a wakeup call that we need a similar evolution in the analytical apparatus and theories that we use to understand that system. Produced and sponsored by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, this course is an attempt to begin the process of new economic thinking by reviving and updating some forgotten traditions in monetary thought that have become newly relevant. Three features of the new system are central. Most important, the intertwining of previously separate capital markets and money markets has produced a system with new dynamics as well as new vulnerabilities. The financial crisis revealed those vulnerabilities for all to see. The result was two years of desperate innovation by central banking authorities as they tried first this, and then that, in an effort to stem the collapse. Second, the global character of the crisis has revealed the global character of the system, which is something new in postwar history but not at all new from a longer time perspective. Central bank cooperation was key to stemming the collapse, and the details of that cooperation hint at the outlines of an emerging new international monetary order. Third, absolutely central to the crisis was the operation of key derivative contracts, most importantly credit default swaps and foreign exchange swaps. Modern money cannot be understood separately from modern finance, nor can modern monetary theory be constructed separately from modern financial theory. That's the reason this course places dealers, in both capital markets and money markets, at the very center of the picture, as profit-seeking suppliers of market liquidity to the new system of market-based credit....

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Aug 14, 2017

Probably the best course I've ever taken! The money view approach is very unique in itself. Professor Mehrling's old school way of teaching is very refreshing indeed!

BG

Jul 16, 2017

An intellectually engaging course opening a debate about how we think about markets and how we should tackle the current challenges. Accessible to non-economists. I warmly recommend it to everyone.

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Mar 31, 2017

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Sep 14, 2020

superb course

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Dec 24, 2018

It was great!

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Apr 26, 2018

indispensable

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Jan 5, 2018

Excellent!!!!

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Jun 21, 2020

Baita curso!

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Apr 13, 2018

Good course!

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Jun 7, 2017

Excellent!!!

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May 3, 2024

Phenomenal.

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Jul 18, 2020

good course

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Jan 1, 2017

Excellent!!

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Sep 9, 2021

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Nov 21, 2020

Excellent!

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Sep 4, 2017

Very good.

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Mar 8, 2017

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Dec 23, 2022

Excelent!

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Dec 5, 2022

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Oct 26, 2020

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Sep 24, 2020

muy beuno

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Aug 13, 2020

Excellent

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Sep 9, 2017

Wonderful

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Nov 12, 2024

loved it