What causes an economic recession? - Richard Coffin
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For millennia, the people of Britain had been using bronze to make tools and jewelry, and as a currency for trade. But around 800 BCE, that began to change: the value of bronze declined, causing social upheaval and an economic crisis— what we would call a recession today. So what causes recessions? Richard Coffin digs into the economic fluctuations that affect our modern markets.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Richard M. Coffin
- Director
- Nabil Burias
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Animator
- Nabil Burias
- Producer
- Aaron Augenblick
