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Dissecting the 2008 Financial Crisis: Opacity, Defaults, and Herd Behavior

Economics Matters with Laurence Kotlikoff

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Analyzing the Root Causes of the 2008 Financial Crisis

Exploring the decline in mortgage quality, overconfidence in rising home prices, and fragility of banks due to small capital reserves that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis.

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