Topics at the Cutting Edge of Finance

3 Credits.

This course will explore topics raised by the world's rapidly changing financial arrangements. Topics will include the following. Cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance: game changers or economic aberrations? Artificial intelligence in finance: Game changer for good and for ill. Central bank digital currencies: Do we need one? Don’t we already have one? Passive investing and meme stocks: implications of broad public involvement in equity markets. Financial stability and innovation: inherent conflict and how to manage it.