- The Giant Pool of Money - The entire episode of This American Life is dedicated to detailing just what happened to lead us into this global credit crunch. The answer couldn’t be simpler.
Concerned: http://tinyurl.com/5hvldj 2 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes ago
I actually listened to this while it aired on NPR the other day. Great show and explains the problem (read: downward spiral of greed) pretty succinctly. Great link.
This was a great episode I wasn’t able to hear very well when it aired, due to lousy reception where I was, so I was glad you reminded me of it with the link.
They do an excellent job exposing the stupidity of these “synthetic” investment vehicles. A perfect example of why we need vigorous regulation of the so-called “free market”