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- Walking Tour: Alexander Hamilton's New York 07/10/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District with a focus on Hamilton and his contributions to American finance.
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- History Now Features Interactive Slideshow of "Scandal!" Exhibit 06/23/2010
The June 2010 edition of History Now, the electronic newsletter of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, features an interactive presentation of the "Scandal!" exhibit as well as an article by Museum Chairman Dr. Richard Sylla.
- Marc Chandler on Making Sense of the Dollar 02/10/2010
Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy for Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making Sense of the Dollar: Exposing Dangerous Myths About Trade and Foreign Exchange, will speak at the first event in the Museum's 2010 Henry Kaufman Series.
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- Gov Goes to Bat for Wall Street 12/10/2009
"Wall Street is our Main Street," Paterson declared yesterday to applause as he discussed the state's budget crisis at the Museum of American Finance.
- Paterson Goes to Wall Street With Words of Thanks 12/10/2009
Gov. David A. Paterson went to [the Museum of American Finance] on Wall Street on Wednesday, not to pillory financiers, but to praise them.
- Paterson: State Has Run Out of Cash 12/09/2009
Speaking at the Museum of American Finance, Governor Paterson said New York is on the brink of fiscal disaster, calling the state "ground zero for the recession."
- Paterson, On Wall Street, Defends Financial Sector 12/09/2009
Speaking at the Museum of American Finance on Wall Street, Governor Paterson offered a sympathetic voice to the much-maligned financial sector.
- New York's Economic Future December 9, 2009
Gov. David Paterson discusses New York's troubled economy with CNBC's Scott Cohn at the Museum of American Finance.
- Did Economists Get It Wrong? 10/29/2009
The Museum of American Finance and the New School for Social Research present an expert panel on the different explanations of the current crisis on the 80th anniversary of the Crash of 1929.
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- Henry Kaufman on The Road to Financial Reformation 09/22/2009
In The Road to Financial Reformation, Henry Kaufman provides an insightful account of how we created the current financial crisis and what needs to be done to put our derailed economy back on track.
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- Credit Crisis is a Big Draw for Finance Museum 08/22/2009
The Museum of American Finance was faced with an awkward situation recently: some of the corporate sponsors of the museum — dedicated to glories of free markets — had, well, failed.
- Biographer Jean Strouse on "What Would Morgan Do? Financial Crises Past and Present" 04/14/2009
Jean Strouse is the author of Morgan, American Financier and Alice James, A Biography, which won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy.
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- The Credit Crisis is Already Fodder for a Museum 03/31/2009
The Museum of American Finance, a relatively-young museum found at the heart of New York’s Financial District, opened a new exhibit last week entitled “Tracking the Credit Crisis: A Timeline,” as the first exhibit to spotlight the ongoing global financial event that began some 18 to 24 months ago.
- Museum Exhibit Tracks Global Financial Crisis 03/27/2009
NPR - The Museum of American Finance has a new exhibit called "Tracking the Credit Crisis." It is basically a timeline displaying the major events of the global economic crisis, from the collapse of Lehman Brothers to the decision to save AIG.
- "Tracking the Credit Crisis" Press Conference 03/25/2009
On Wednesday, March 25 at 10:30 am, the Museum will host a press conference to open “Tracking the Credit Crisis: A Timeline,” an exhibit tracing the development of the current financial crisis.
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- Museum is Tracking the Credit Crunch March 26, 2009
The Museum of American Finance's new exhibition, "Tracking the Credit Crisis," starts its timeline in February 2007 when Mortgage Lenders Networks USA, the nation's 15th largest subprime lender, filed for bankruptcy, and tracks the fall of other firms to the present day.
- NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer on "Where Do We Go From Here?" 03/03/2009
NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer speaks at the Museum's 2009 Henry Kaufman Lecture/Symposia Series on "Where Do We Go From Here?"
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- Wilbur Ross on "President Obama’s Economic Programs” 01/21/2009
Private equity investor Wilbur Ross will provide a review of President Obama’s proposed domestic and international economic initiatives, assess them, and compare them with those of the Bush administration.
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- Financial Evolution 02/27/2008
Taking a long-run view of the development of financial services, Professor Ferguson argues that evolutionary forces are as much at work in the realm of money as they are in the natural world. As the subprime mortgage crisis works its way through the global financial system, the coming months will determine how far, in terms of its economic impact, the current crisis is a true "ice age" as opposed to just a severe winter.
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- Curriculum Guide: Alexander Hamilton
A classroom guide to the "Alexander Hamilton" exhibit, including learning objectives, vocabulary, discussion questions and a classroom activity.