Comments on Lords of Finance
Every time the gold standard becomes a topic of discussion in a history class, my heart moves into doubletime, I speed read beyond paragraphs on Keynesian economics into socio-political-cultural text, and I hide under the desk to avoid having to speak. It’s crowded under there. I join a rather sizable group of historians and students of history with little or no background in economics, business, or finance.
Geithner talks about the Bank Stress Test
There’s no dearth of financial news, analysis, and restrospective this week, calendared as the one-year anniversary of the financial crisis.
A little satirical side trip away from this week’s assigned reading, Lords of Finance—real blog post to follow. Of course, it’s not actually Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, but Will Forte doing the opening skit, Bank Stress Test on Saturday Night Live last May.
(Five-and-a-half minute clip, original air date May 2009, posted on Hulu, accessed September 12, 2009).
Subscribe in a reader
HASTAC
- Fembot Unconference: Multiplying Standpoints and Participatory Feminism May 22, 2013
- Call for Proposals, Visual Resources Association Annual Conference, Milwaukee 2014 May 22, 2013
- Thoughtful Post About Using Ed Tech Wisely May 21, 2013
- Field Notes for a Peer-Written Textbook for Teaching Collaborative, Open, Peer Learning and Teaching May 21, 2013