BACKGROUND INFO
Causes of the 2008 Financial Crisis:
1) http://www.economist.com/news/schoolsbrief/21584534-effects-financial-crisis-are-still-being-felt-five-years-article
Investors who profited from the recession:
2) http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/5-investors-that-are-both-rich-and-smart.aspx
Consequences of the 2008 Financial Crisis:
3) http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2014/06/12/more-than-10000-suicides-tied-to-economic-crisis-study-says/#240753f81cbb
4) http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2010/04/28/the-impact-of-the-september-2008-economic-collapse
1) http://www.economist.com/news/schoolsbrief/21584534-effects-financial-crisis-are-still-being-felt-five-years-article
Investors who profited from the recession:
2) http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/5-investors-that-are-both-rich-and-smart.aspx
Consequences of the 2008 Financial Crisis:
3) http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2014/06/12/more-than-10000-suicides-tied-to-economic-crisis-study-says/#240753f81cbb
4) http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2010/04/28/the-impact-of-the-september-2008-economic-collapse
MORALITY QUESTIONS
Analyze the morality behind:
1) The people who caused the 2008 financial crisis (banks, rating agencies, US government)
2) The people who profited off the 2008 financial crisis (hedge funds such as Front Point Capital, Cornwall Capital, etc)
3) The people who suffered from the 2008 financial crisis (99% of population, especially middle and lower class)
Key Questions:
1) How are our economic systems different after the 2008 financial crisis?
2) How are our economic systems the same after the 2008 financial crisis (potentially leading to another recession)?
1) The people who caused the 2008 financial crisis (banks, rating agencies, US government)
2) The people who profited off the 2008 financial crisis (hedge funds such as Front Point Capital, Cornwall Capital, etc)
3) The people who suffered from the 2008 financial crisis (99% of population, especially middle and lower class)
Key Questions:
1) How are our economic systems different after the 2008 financial crisis?
2) How are our economic systems the same after the 2008 financial crisis (potentially leading to another recession)?