Posted: March 4th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: audio, economic | Tags: banking, credit, crisis, financial, mortgage, nationalization, stimulus, This American Life | 1 Comment »
This American Life – Episode 375: Bad Banks
From the same guys that brought us the “Giant Pool of Money“, another ultra-simple explanation. This time, it’s the quandary that the big bad banks, taxpayers, and U.S. government currently find themselves in, with a dollhouse analogy and a simple balance sheet to introduce the concepts.
Posted: February 21st, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: economic | Tags: animation, collapse, crisis, explanation, financial, graphic, housing, interactive, mbs, mortgage backed securities, visual | No Comments »
SeeingFinance.com is almost ready for action!
Posted: December 11th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: economic, politic | Tags: action, activisim, budget, citizen, crisis, debt, deficit, education, federal, financial, national, US | No Comments »
A nice 30-minute version of the I.O.U.S.A film is available here.
And a “Citizen’s Guide” resource about our national debt is available here.
Posted: November 25th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: economic | Tags: accountability, bailout, crisis, data, financial, funds, money | No Comments »
An iterative attempt to show, broadly, where the money is going. This doesn’t include additional trillions implied by guarantees of deposits, debt, and gift cards (really?). Still searching for an estimate of the amount involved in the first Fannie/Freddie bailout passed with the Government Sponsored Enterprise Credit Facility bill of July, 2008.
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Posted: October 31st, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: politic | Tags: 2008, disclosure, finances, financial, obama, personal | No Comments »
These donut charts present Obama’s personal income disclosed for the years 2004 to 2007. If text labels are outside the viewing area, right click in each chart and select “Enable Rotation”, and then drag the donuts to rotate them. The total annual figures include only Barack’s income. Spousal (Michelle’s) income is entered as values ending with 9,999; the actual values are undisclosed.
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Posted: October 10th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: audio | Tags: crisis, economy, financial, money, This American Life, united states, US | No Comments »
From This American Life, presenting the crisis in plain English, these two pieces are immensely popular and helpful. The guys who reported these stories (Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson) also have a new podcast series and blog called Planet Money.
Episode 355: The Giant Pool of Money
Episode 365: Another Frightening Show about the Economy
