Author Question: According to Kirshner, what sets the 2008 financial crisis apart from previous financial crises? ... (Read 129 times)

Tirant22 · **on:** Sep 4, 2018

According to Kirshner, what sets the 2008 financial crisis apart from previous financial crises?

a. It lasted longer than any previous financial crisis.
b. It started in the U.S., which was greatly affected by it.
c. The U.S. was left largely unscathed by it.
d. The U.S. actually profited from it.

Question 2

What, according to Kirshner, characterized U.S. economic policy of the 1990s?

a. deregulation of existing economic sectors and a refusal to regulate new economic sectors
b. an across-the-board crackdown on the new financial sector
c. an inability to effectively incorporate new technologies and financial exotica
d. a rapid internationalizatio n of American finance