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Old 09-21-2008, 06:04 PM   #1
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anyone have a non-partisan (or at least semi-partisan) summary of the events leading to this financial situation they can recommend?
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Old 09-21-2008, 06:33 PM   #2
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anyone have a non-partisan (or at least semi-partisan) summary of the events leading to this financial situation they can recommend?
Pretty good summary here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_crisis

Even includes the last week's events.
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Old 09-21-2008, 08:03 PM   #3
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This is a good video. It is about an hour long, will piss you off but gives a good idea of what has transpired.

Super Rich: The Greed Game.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...64918973&hl=en
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I swear, if you don't want to rip these peoples heads off after watching this, I will be very surprised.
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