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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do T-Bills refer to?
2. What refers to a numerical expression based on a statistical analysis of a person's credit files that represents the creditworthiness of that person?
3. When was Atlas Shrugged published?
4. The loans on the bottom tier of derivatives were referred to as what?
5. In Chapter 1, there was exhaustion because the campaign had been how long?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Taibbi assert to be the fundamental problem the the Tea Party's approach?
2. What process did banks undertake in order to sells risky loans, as described in Chapter 3?
3. What setback does the author describe for a banker named Andy?
4. How did the public and private sectors evolve and change during Alan Greenspan's reign of the Federal Reserve, as described in Chapter 2?
5. What is the fundamental belief of objectivism, as described in Chapter 2?
6. What truth of American politics does Taibbi assert in Chapter 1?
7. With what Tea Party member did Taibbi travel? What did he discover about the Republican candidates' issues?
8. What did Eljon Williams learn about the commission involved in his mortgage?
9. As described in Chapter 2, what was Alan Greenspan's focus in controlling the United States economy?
10. Who was Eljon Williams and how did he become involved in a mortgage scam as described in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and analyze securitization, sub prime loans and derivatives. How and when did these terms enter the American financial world?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Alan Greenspan's direct and indirect role in the financial disaster of 2008. What actions did Greenspan take which led to the market fallout?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the actions of AIG and Joe Cassano in the period before the 2008 crash. What risks was AIG taking?
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