| Description |
6 DVD-videos (18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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The great courses. Business & economics. Business |
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Great courses (DVD)
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Great courses (DVD). Business & economics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
"Course number 5630"--Disc labels. |
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Thirty-six lectures (30 min. ea.) in 3 containers (19 cm.). |
| Contents |
v.1, pt. 1: The importance of money ; Money as a social contract ; How is money created? ; Monetary history of the United States ; Local currencies and nonstandard banks ; How inflation erodes the value of money -- v.1, pt.2: Hyperinflation is the repudiation of money ; Saving : the source of funds for investment ; The real rate of interest ; Financial intermediaries ; Commercial banks ; Central banks. |
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v. 2, pt. 3: Present value ; Probability, expected value, and uncertainty ; Risk and risk aversion ; An introduction to bond markets ; Bond prices and yields ; How economic forces affect interest rates -- v. 2, pt. 4: Why interest rates move together ; The term structure of interest rates ; Introduction to the stock market ; Stock price fundamentals ; Stock market bubbles and irrational exuberance ; Derivative securities. |
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v. 3, pt. 5: Asymmetric information ; Regulation of financial firms ; Subprime mortgage crisis and reregulation ; Interest rate policy at the Fed and ECB ; The objectives of monetary policy ; Should central banks follow a policy rule? -- v. 3, pt. 6: Extraordinary tools for extraordinary times ; Central bank independence ; The foreign exchange value of the dollar ; Exchange rates and international banking ; Monetary policy coordination ; Challenges for the future. |
| Credits |
Cameras, Alexis Doty, Jim Allen, Dan Bloom ; editor, David Bentley. |
| Performer |
Lecturer, Michael K. Salemi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
| Summary |
Economist and award-winning Professor Michael K. Salemi of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads you in a panoramic exploration of our monetary and financial systems, their inner workings, and their crucial role and presence in your world. In 36 incisive and detailed lectures, he gives you a penetrating look at the financial institutions that are fundamental to your life and well-being. Examines the idea of money as a social contract and discusses how financial institutions and markets work. |
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Money -- Videodiscs.
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Banks and banking -- Videodiscs.
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Finance -- Videodiscs.
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Capitalism -- Videodiscs.
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Credit -- Videodiscs.
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Economics -- Videodiscs.
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Financial crises -- United States -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Salemi, Michael K., teacher.
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Perez-Thompson, Ines I., producer.
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Leven, Jon, director.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598038149 |
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1598038141 |
| Music No. |
5630 Teaching Company |
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PD5630A Teaching Company (discs) |
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ID6530A-01 Teaching Company (container) |
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PB5630A Teaching Company (guidebook) |
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