Three links to make sense of the financial crisis
Posted by Brent Dixon on October 14th, 2008
- The Money Meltdown – A simple, clean site that breaks down “Everything you need to know about the global money crisis of 2007-?” Check the right side-bar for a daily links.
- This American Life: Another Frightening Show About the Economy – A superb explanation of “what happened…including what regulators could’ve done to prevent this financial crisis from happening in the first place.” (Thanks to Brandon Ferguson for the recommendation.)
- Planet Money – Daily blog and/or podcast updates on from the hosts of the above episode of This American Life.
Do you have any to add?
This American Life had an earlier show that explains the basics of subprime loans. It was aired on 5/12/2008 and the episode was called The Giant Pool of Money. Both This American Life and Planet Money can be found on iTunes.
CurrentTV aired this incredible animated music video in July:
http://current.com/items/89124784_mortgage_crisis_blues
Our CIO wrote this little ramble about how his stocks have flopped…and how he’s acutally laughing about it. Click here to read
I’m a regular listener to the “This American Life” podcast series – and the Giant Pool of Money episode was great. They also did a follow up about the current SEC Chairman (a regulator who doesn’t believe in regulation) – which was also very interesting. Checking out Planet Money now!