The U.S. financial crisis has rocked nearly every facet of the country's financial policy, prompting experts to assess potential short- and long-term consequences. The following is a list of CFR.org's best resources for understanding U.S. and global financial trends and institutions.
U.S. Financial Infrastructure:
Global Financial Infrastructure:
- Sebastian Mallaby: A 21st-Century Bretton Woods
- Backgrounder: The World Bank and International Development Lenders
- Backgrounder: The Shifting Capital of Capital
- Council Special Report: Reform of the International Monetary Fund
The Financial Crisis:
- Interactive Timeline: Global Economy in Crisis
- Interview: David M. Rubenstein on Grasping 'Radical' Economic Change
- Interview: Anne-Marie Slaughter on Long-Term Implications of the Crisis
- CFR Forum: Financial Turmoil and U.S. Power
- Interview: Nouriel Roubini on Steps to Halt the Slide
- Interview: Maurice R. Greenberg on AIG
- Podcast: Al Breach on Russian Markets
- Podcast: Benn Steil on the Bailout Plan
- Interview: Experts Debate Wisdom of Fannie/Freddie Bailout
- Interview: Benn Steil on Paulson's Proposals
- Interview: Sebastian Mallaby on Ratings Agencies
- Transcript: The Financial Crisis: Long-Term Implications
- Transcript: The Financial Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Transcript: Immunity and Opportunity in Asia
- Article: Brian P. Klein: How Low Will Asia Go?
- Foreign Affairs: James Grant: After the Crash
Financial Trends:
- Blog: Brad Setser's Follow the Money
- Backgrounder: Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Council Special Report: Sovereign Wealth and Sovereign Power
- Podcast: Brad Setser on the Correlation between Oil and the Dollar
- Podcast: James Grant on the 'Historical Anomaly' of the Dollar
- Interview: Brad Setser on Understanding the Falling Dollar
