The Economic and Financial Crisis (Weeks 9-12)

Coordinated by Mauro F. Guillen, Wharton professor of management and sociology, and director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies, this series of lectures features Wharton’s preeminent faculty discussing the economic, political, and policy aspects of both the global and U.S. economic and financial crisis. These lectures address such topics as macroeconomic aspects of the crisis, financial innovation, global contagion, the role of central banks and multilateral agencies, and the impact of the crisis on banks, stock markets, insurance, and private equity.


WEEKS 1-4     WEEKS 5-8     WEEKS 9-12     WEEK 13


Lecture 9: The Banking System and the Origins of the Crisis
Richard Herring, Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking; Professor of Finance
March 17, 2009
Lecture 10: Leading through the Crisis
Michael Useem, The William and Jacalyn Egan Professor; Professor of Management
March 31, 2009
Lecture 11: Global Financial Markets
Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics, April 7
Lecture 12: Global Perspectives: The Middle East, East Asia & Latin America
Bulent Gultekin, Associate Professor of Finance
April 14