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Radio Program Explains the U.S. Financial Crisis (Part 2)

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:39:33 +0000

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.

SeeingFinance.com

admin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:54:06 +0000

SeeingFinance.com is almost ready for action!

Do Something About the U.S. National Debt Disaster!

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:11:14 +0000

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.

Funds Deployed in 2008 Financial Crisis

admin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:50:11 +0000

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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Obama’s Personal Income

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:01:39 +0000

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.

Data source: Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)

Mortgage Backed Securities Defaults

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:10:59 +0000

Radio Program Explains the U.S. Financial Crisis

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:48:43 +0000

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