Superb course, taught by a superb professor. It provides you with all the nuances and the intellectual stimulus to dig further deep into money markets, banking and finance.

Some really complex topics explained in really simple and fundamental terms

This is an excellent course, delivered by a professor avid of economic tradition and old books, who shows a deep and personal understanding of historical views on money economics. This course is based more upon readings than on personal, direct experience of moeny and banking. The course, from 2015 or about, is already in needs of an update, though. Overal, this is an excellent course.

10+ years out of date. Incomprehensible course questions. Solid/good content though.

The course needs to be updated with time.

This is a truly superb course, probably unique in its breadth, depth and realistic, fact-based approach to teaching money and banking. I particularly liked the systematic use of balance sheets for the presentation of the materials, the emphasis on History and institutions to understand the contemporary banking system, the explanations on the hierarchy of money and credit and of how all banking is essentially an exchange of IOUs (mostly created from thin air). The transition from traditional banking to shadow banking is very well explained. The role of the Fed as a liquidity backstop for the financial system, the eurodollar as a source of global funding and the causes of the financial crisis are all clearly presented. I'm now eagerly waiting for an updated version of the course, since the recorded lectures are from late 2012.

I am not a student of economics yet always believed I had the intuitive sense to understand it. So I dared to take this 13 week course adding excessive discipline over elasticity so that I complete it . There were times I had to replay the videos multiple times to pick the finer points. Times I had to google to understand terms like budget line, possibility frontier , covered interest parity etc. I did not mind it at all because the entire course was so inspiring, so full of knowledge that I was ready to put all my heart to grasp it. The course is superb, the instructor Perry is definitely one among the world's best teacher. Since I started studying as a 3 year old- this is the among the 3 or 4 courses that will influence my thinking the most. Thankyou , thankyou. This certificate is my prized collection.

I did in my local university a course in Monetary Economics and then I did this. This course it's not a traditional course, if you know previously something about it, you will recognize this is a lifetime work of investigation, theorization, of a academic passion about how this trully work in markets. It's not a easy course, I have to repeat many weeks to get along. But Professor Mehrling structured the course with reading materials that give you a broader understading, he uses real data to explain and exemplify, he reads FT and discuss. I'm so grateful for this course, before that I used to think I knew monetary system. Now that I know much more I'm aware of my ignorance. Hope some day he make another course, or just update this one with the new events in the central baking world.

A must pursue course for the finance people. instructor's approach to the money view by using balance sheet for understanding finance concepts by reviewing news from Financial Times newspaper is truly great to understand how money flows between international markets and international banks. Understanding crisis in these times of modern finance with the view point of Economists who contributed in monetary theory such as Bagehot and Allyn Young. Introduction to Shadow banking and various concepts like credit default swaps, Eurodollar markets. Last but not the least a lot of study material is provided by the instructor which is very valuable, which includes banking crisis reports, books of Economists, abstracts from books and research papers and many more.

While the course presupposes a state and underconceptualizes or rather even ignores the law it still is the go to online course for anyone interested in the phenomenon that probably is as misunderstood as it is often mentioned: money. Specifically "global money". Perry has amazing teaching skills, too. You can tell he not only has taught this course a lot of times but he also loves what he's doing and keeps on getting an even better teacher. I've done this course multiple times and will probably keep doing it. There is so much in here to learn and to more deeply understand...

Economics and Finance have always been explaining theories and concepts to students. Often when thought back/pondered upon, the theories are unable to explain all the queries of real life.

This course stitches through all the theories and present a very well thought out and a complete picture of the financial world. A very unique perspective and a rare perspective at that.

Highly recommended that you register and pay for this course. As it makes the learning so much more interesting, intriguing and gives us so much understanding of the money view of the financial world.

Well structured course with an exceptionally insightful view of how the money markets works. The readings that are given are exceptional and I have learnt more about the financial markets that many other courses. Professor Mehrling is an exceptionally charismatic educator and takes us through a journey that clearly explains the crisis and gives us an alternative view that might just help make finance clearer to anyone. I really hope that unit two of this course will be recorded and be distributed by coursera.

Challenging for someone like me with no economics background (other than the obligatory classes at university 20 years ago) but it's a well of knowledge and cleanly, conscisely presented. Only issue is at times feels a bit repetitive (even considering that the educator is trying to point out similarities in structure at different levels of the hierarchy) and a bit hard to keep the final point of the lecture in mind while going through some details. But overall learned a lot and had a good time studying!

A really great course taught by Professor Perry G Mehrling that is suitable for beginners and intermediate students wishing to know more about the subject of economics, specifically how banking and the global economy works. The course outlines and explains many different concepts, and perspectives of economics in a neutral way as to explain the concepts best. Along with this every concept is explained with balance sheets, providing a quantitative and unique way of learning Economics. Great course!

This is an excellent course for those looking for a better understanding of how money & liquidity impact the global economy, particularly, how the transfer of risk through derivatives and swap contracts created a systemic risk of which few recognize until the financial crisis of '07-'09. I have a much better understanding of the interconnected nature of today's global financial system and the mechanism by which money and risk are transferred from taking this course.

One of the best courses on Money and the economy that I've come across. In MBA we were only taught about the economics view and finance view of things. But the complexities such as dealer positions which distort these views were only clear after doing this course. It assimilates everything so well together and provides a holistic view to assess the economic environment. Thanks to Perry Mehrling and Coursera for getting such content available at a nominal price.

A brilliant course for those interested in an in depth understanding of how the money markets work. Professor Mehrling is amazing at what he does! You don't need to have an economics background to appreciate the course (and you will be glad if you don't as the course opens your eyes to how inadequate academic economics is in understanding the real world today). Highly recommend. Accompanied by great readings and course material as well.

This was one of the best courses I’ve taken on Coursera, really useful and highly intellectual. Also demanding and challenging to a certain extent with a lot of non obvious questions that require more than simply understanding the lesson. I work for an Investment Bank in FXMM as IT project manager and this course clarified many of the things that I see daily and helped me to figure out the whole picture from the bank point of view.

Gives a nice introduction to the money view. Took this course to get a framework for the prices i see in my bloomberg terminal, and to better understand how central banks actions propogate through the financial system. Perry is a great lecturer and clearly has some enthusiasm for the topic. One thing that would make the course even better would perhaps be a guest lecture from Zoltan Poszar (maybe to describe a practitioners view)

Extremely interesting course built on very practical aspects of money markets. What was really interesting was that while the course is a few years old, in 2020 we can still use the background of the evolution of the money view to understand the actions being taken by central bankers and the government in what seems to be a mix of Central bank's money view and Keynes's view of increasing demand through fiscal means.

Excellent course and concise overview! I highly recommend this course for the novice or advanced novice to the money markets. I walked away with a better understanding of that ocean of detail and theory, and I am now more confident knowing its effect on the capital markets. Most importantly, I know where to focus my time in this area and where to find key data/info given my career role. Thank you again! Best,

Excellent course, Professor Mehrling! The lectures were insightful and clear. The course was challenging and the reading material a bit dense But in the end, I feel that I understand the importance of Professor Mehrling's Money View. The course is memorable because it built on the evolution of money and banking and wove into that story the inner workings of today's finance and banking system.

My ability to understand the functioning of Central banks and the effects of their actions on global financial markets have improved greatly after the completion of this course. Prof Perry Mehrling was greatly knowledgeable person and was very effective in transferring his in-depth knowledge through this course. I am glad that I have enrolled for this course and completed it successfully.

The professor explains the system of money and banking in a detailed way and he really knows what he is talking about. Every time when I clicked on the learning videos, the journey to a deeper understanding of the field of study starts in an enjoyable way. The course deepens and strengths my knowledge about the field and motivates me to learn more. Thanks for offering this course online.

So, so, so, so important. The hierarchy of money, the international money and banking system. This is all so fundamental to how the world works, but I think most finance people don't have a clue. Lender of Last Resort function of central banks - this is why crypto cannot take over the world! I did really love Perry Mehrling as well, such a lovely, thoughtful teacher. Great course.