CREATING THE MODERN FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Professor David Moss
Harvard Business School
Winter 2015
CLASS #1:
The South Sea Company (A)
Monday, January 26, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708005)
CLASS #2:
The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading
Wednesday, January 28, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(709044)
CLASS #3:
Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution,
1763-1792
(795063)
Monday, February 2, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
CLASS #4:
Wall Street’s First Panic (A)
Tuesday, February 3, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
CLASS #5:
Ruling the Modern Corporation:
The Debate over Limited Liability in Massachusetts
Tuesday, February 17, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708002)
(708016)
CLASS #6:
The Campaign for Bank Insurance in Antebellum New York
Wednesday, February 18, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708037)
CLASS #7:
Envisioning “Free Banking” in Antebellum New York (A)
Monday, February 23, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708038)
CLASS #8:
The Armstrong Investigation
Tuesday, February 24, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708034)
CLASS #9:
Financing American Housing Construction in the
Aftermath of War
Monday, March 2, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708032)
CLASS #10: Forecasting the Great Depression
Tuesday, March 3, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708046)
CLASS #11: German Banking Crisis
Monday, March 9, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(710059)
CLASS #12: The Federal Reserve and the Banking Crisis of 1931
Tuesday, March 10, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(709040)
CLASS #13: The Pecora Investigation
Monday, March 23, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(711046)
CLASS #14: The Deutsche Bank (A)
Tuesday, March 24, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708044)
CLASS #15: Managing Failure: American Bankruptcy Law at a Crossroads
Wednesday, March 25, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(705024)
CLASS #16: Fannie Mae: Public or Private?
Monday, March 30, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(709025)
CLASS #17: Financing Higher Education in Australia
Tuesday, March 31, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(711047)
CLASS #18: French Pension System: On the Verge of Retirement?
Monday, April 6, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(799143)
CLASS #19: The International Monetary Fund in Crisis
Tuesday, April 7, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(708035)
CLASS #20: Fed vs. ECB: Steering Monetary Policy Through
Unprecedented Crises
Wednesday, April 8, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
CLASS #21: The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009, Part I (Origins of the Crisis)
Monday, April 13, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207
(711048)
(711104)
CLASS #22: The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009, Part II (The Federal Response
and its Consequences)
(711104)
Tuesday, April 14, 11:40am – 1:00pm, Aldrich Hall 207