In september will be one year from the collapse of Bear Sterns (I think the most visible initial sign of the meltdown). How do you see the economy now, how have the world changed? do you see cultural or maybe ethical changes in progress?
Is there an Economist, Philosopher or Sociologist who will want to set a conversation about this topic?

Thanks,

Mag

Come to this course, Magaly. We will be talking about the economy and current events.

The U.S. Economy & The World

Thanks Austin, I´ll be there

No problem! :)

Austin´s class is very informational and interesting, but I am still looking for something more related to the current situation and how the world/ideas are changing

Hi Mag,
I can set a few classes for how the financial crisis got triggered, its impact and aftermath. We can discuss how it is changing the world economy, culture and perception of what’s right/ ethical. I can help explain using simple concepts what a balance sheet is, and why the companies went bankrupt, why the situation spiraled into such a huge crisis and what the Fed / governments did to minimize the impact and what the side effects of that (e.g. potential inflation) may be.

I can host the class for $10/ hour. Let me know what time would be suitable. Also are there others who would be interested?

Also i think the dates are a bit mixed up :) Bear Stern collapsed in March 2008, while Lehman collapsed in September 2008.

Oh, the current situation. Alright, I’m sorry about that Mag. Here, come to this class next week.

Here again requesting classes about the recent economic crisis, one year from the collapse of Lehman Brothers…. Preferably on weekends or night time (CST)
Thank you!!
Mag

The only thing that’s hard about that is that you have so many people disagreeing on the lessons from the crisis.

In the meantime, you probably haven’t heard about this:

http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/09/how_warren_buffetts_cellphone_killed_lehman_brothers.php

Thank you JB!

Thank you JB for that article. It is good to hear something different than the couple of stories thats been going around for the last year (one of them being something I subscribe to myself :-o ).

I’m teaching a class on the common mistakes people make when investing, which will likely end up discussing the current situation. The class is today, October 21, 2009, at 5pm Pacific time, and it’s free….

http://edufire.com/classes/9614-the-10-most-common-mistakes-people-make-when-investing