Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - Economic Cycle and Growth, grade: 1.3, University of Göttingen (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakult

Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to an

This paper reviews the literature on financial crises focusing on three specific aspects. First, what are the main factors explaining financial crises? Since ma

Was the Meltdown of 2008 the first phase of the Great Depression of the 21st Century? In 2013, this global economic crisis is not over and no one knows the hour

Explains how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The "creative" financing o