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Economic Crisis Simulator, Year 12
Set in September 2008 after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, students take the Chancellor's role and make monetary, fiscal and banking policy decisions as confidence falls and lending freezes. The full interactive is available to licensed Education Universe users.
Year 12, UndergraduateExplorerEconomic Crisis
Learning outcomes
- Describe the causes of the 2008 financial crisis.
- Evaluate monetary, fiscal and banking policy responses.
Teaching guidance
Ask students to justify each decision and compare it with what governments actually did.
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