Essays on Financial Crisis

Marriott International's Diversification Strategy Marriott International's brand is well-known over the world because it is the world's largest hotel corporation. From its 2016 capital structure, overseas investment will help it to diversify its portfolio in order to mitigate the negative effects of economic recessions as well as political risks in its...

The Documentary Film "Inside Job" The documentary film Inside Job examines the issues surrounding one of the most catastrophic financial crises that the United States has ever faced. Charles H. Ferguson, the director, analyzed the financial services industry in 2008 and attributed the impending catastrophe to systematic malfeasance. The video is...

The Great Depression of the 1930s was perhaps one of the most depressing economic downturns in American and industrialised world history (Rittenberg and Tregarthen 689). It had an undeniable impact on the worldwide economic situation at the time. Despite the causes of the Great Depression are still being contested among...

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) was drafted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008. This was a premeditated response to the oncoming financial crisis in the United States, which was reaching near-panic proportions....

The worldwide economic crisis of 2008 began in mid-2007. Investors have lost all faith in the value of mortgages with securities in nations such as the United States, resulting in liquidity confusion. The rate at which assets and capital are converted to cash has increased. As a result, the United...

Between 2007 and 2010 the subprime mortgage crisis The subprime mortgage crisis occurred and was characterized by a widespread national banking emergency due to a massive drop in house prices as a result of the collapse of house bubbles. During the recession, residential investments fell and this impacted investment in companies....