1. The Great Depression – Crisis and Response of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Government
2. The Financial Crisis – Crisis and Response of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Government
3. The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy – mid 70s till the Financial Crisis of 2008
4. Banking Regulation – Effects of Glass Steagall and Mc Fadden and their repeal, Effects of Dodd Frank
5. Banking Industry – Competition and Consolidation
6. Insurance Industry – Structure Competition and Management of Risk
7. Exchanges – Development of Stock Exchanges (NYSE and NASDAQ), Commodities and Financial Futures Exchanges (CBOT CME and merger, CBOE) and Foreign Exchange Markets.
8. Other Topics – You can also choose a topic of your interest – but it has to be topical with respect to the course – check with me if this is the case

Rubric

Pick a number from above and write about it following the rubric, you can choose 1 of 8 so whatever you most comfortable with write about it.

1. The paper should be single spaced and 3-4 pages long
2. There should be an Introduction, Main Body and Conclusion
3. The Main Body can have a title of your choosing and can have subsections
4. If you cite someone else’s work, please put it at the end under References