This lesson talks about how money is created in a fractional reserve banking system. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 4 of 24]
This lesson explains reserve requirements and how they limit how much lending a bank can do. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 8 of 24]
This lesson introduces bank notes and how you are more familiar with them than you realize. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 5 of 24]
This lesson discusses government debt and treasuries. It explains what it means that Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Reserve Bank but are not an obligation on the government. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 12 of 24]
This lesson introduces the ways that banks make money. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 1 of 24]
This lesson is an introduction to the income statement of a bank, and to income statements, in general. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 2 of 24]
This lesson discusses the idea of a reserve bank. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 11 of 24]
This lesson discusses the mechnics of repurchase agreements, reposession transactions and loans. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 20 of 24]
This lesson idiscusses how bank notes and checks can be used. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 6 of 24]
This lesson talks about the pros and cons of various banking systems and talks more about using gold as a standard. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 18 of 24]
This lesson explains how reserve ratios limit how much lending an individual can do. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 9 of 24]
This lesson discusses the discount rate and window and the concept of lender of last resort. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 19 of 24]
This lesson explains the rationale for targeting interest rates instead of directly having a money supply target. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 16 of 24]
This lesson reviews tools of the Central Bank to increase the money supply [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 13 of 24]
This lesson explains the weak points of fractional reserve banking. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 22 of 24]
This lesson continues the discussion of fractional reserve banking. It further discusses the FDIC, deposit insurance and its side effects. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 23 of 24]
This lesson is a summary of thoughts of why Fractional Reserve Banking is a subsidy to banks and allows them to arbitrage the yield curve. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 24 of 24]
What cryptographic hash functions are and what properties are desired of them. Created by Zulfikar Ramzan.
A high-level explanation of digital signature schemes, which are a fundamental building block in many cryptographic protocols. Created by Zulfikar Ramzan.
An introduction to the mechanics of bitcoins and an overview of how transactions take place. Created by Zulfikar Ramzan.