Financial Crisis Reasons

How the inverted yield curve forecast the financial crisis, and why it was ignored.

The causes and costs of the 2008 financial crisis, which led to the Great Recession. Why it could happen again.

What steps have been taken to avoid the crisis and why it happened anyway.

Dodd-Frank has many provisions that prevent another financial crisis from occurring again. If only Dodd-Frank had been in place in the years leading up to the crisis.

The bank reform bill sought to prevent another financial crisis from occurring by regulating all those financial firms that weren't commercial banks. It also included important rights for consumers.

Will the Bank Reform bill rein in Wall Street enough? Has it gone too far in allowing the Fed to be audited? Should Glass-Steagall never have been repealed? What do you think?

The subprime mortgage crisis had been ongoing since at least early 2007. However, the near-collapse of the credit markets on September 19, 2008 was the event that triggered the bailout proposal.

Many people are outraged that AIG paid $165 million in bonuses after requesting up to $170 billion in government bailout funds. Understand why the bonuses were paid, why the bailout was made and what led to AIG's near-bankruptcy.

The auto bailout plan and how the government bailout of the auto industry will impact the economy.

Companies are using supply chain financing as a solution to manage cash flow constrictions which are a result of the bank credit crisis. What is supply chain financing, and how does it solve the crisis.

Tell us what you think caused the financial crisis of 2008 and the resultant recession.

Book review of The Credit Crisis of 2008 by George Soros.

Governments around the world agreed to bail out banks, as the mortgage crisis spread.

The pro's and con's of alternatives to the Senate Bank Bailout Bill.

The House rejected the bank bailout bill on September 30, 2008.

Many financial firms knew they were too big to fail. They took risks that ultimately caused the 2008 financial crisis. They knew the government would have to bail them out -- or risk a potential depression.

The Volcker Rule proposed to regulate the large banks so they couldn't become too big to fail, and include the U.S. economy in their risk-taking.

Asset inflation in housing was one of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. Understand how inflation can occur in just one asset class, and what the other types of inflation are. Most important, find out what you can do about each type of inflation.

Iceland was a casualty of the global financial crisis in 2008. Find out what happened in Iceland that led to its bankruptcy.

Credit default swaps protect lenders against debt default. However, they provided a false sense of security that helped create the 2008 financial crisis.