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2008 Bank bailout : Bailout 3: Book value vs. market value

Sal Khan

Abstract

In 2008, the entire financial system was at a potential breaking point because of a popping housing bubble. This tutorial breaks down how the government attempted to address this (historical note: Sal made these videos as the crisis was unfolding). Source: Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org), used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. All Khan Academy content is available for free at www.khanacademy.org. Khan Academy does not endorse the World Public Library.

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