Investigating the Causes and Effects of the Great Recession

Miacademy & MiaPrep Learning Channel

This educational video investigates the causes and far-reaching effects of the Great Recession of the late 2000s. Adopting the persona of a lead investigator, the narrator guides students through a "case study" of the U.S. economy, tracing the disaster from the deregulation of the banking industry and the subprime mortgage boom to the collapse of the housing bubble. It simplifies complex financial concepts like mortgage-backed securities and credit freezes, explaining how a crisis in the housing market infected the entire global financial system.