The 2008 Financial Crisis: Crash Course Economics #12

What is the main topic of the Crash Course Economics video?

What is the name of the program that initially earmarked $700 billion to shore up the banks during the 2008 Financial Crisis?

What did the Federal Reserve offer to do to prevent fundamentally sound banks from collapsing during the 2008 Financial Crisis?

What did the Dodd-Frank law aim to do in response to the 2008 Financial Crisis?

What is the term used to describe when one person takes on more risk because someone else bears the burden of that risk?

What did the bi-partisan, financial crisis inquiry commission report blame for the 2008 Financial Crisis? Options: The self-correcting nature of the markets, Years of deregulation in the financial industry, The ability of financial institutions to effectively police themselves, All of the above

What did the investors in the U.S. and abroad start throwing their money at in the 2000s?

What did the credit ratings agencies give to a lot of mortgage backed-securities, indicating they were safe investments?

What did the big financial institutions stop buying in 2007, leading to the 2008 Financial Crisis?

What did the U.S. government pass in January 2009 to pump over $800 billion into the economy?