This American Life: "Another Scary Show About the Economy"

Mon, 10/06/2008 - 10:21pm — lambert

Thrills and chills in the world of commercial paper and Credit Default Swaps, no fnool. Tremendous stuff. Give it a listen with your morning caffeine.

I wish I could figure out how to donate to Ira and punish Cokie!

NOTE I forget where I ran into this link, otherwise I'd give a hat tip.

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By peter on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 10:52pm

Try these folks. We may be counting our blessings that Hank Paulson didn't wash his hands of this mess.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comme...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/finan...

The Euro could be gone by Christmas folks! Let that sink in a little. We better get behind our money guys and hope they can find our way through this mess.

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peter

No fnool

By scarshapedstar on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 11:00pm

But lots of fnord, eh?

But I still believe
And I will rise up with fists!!

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But I still believe
And I will rise up with fists!!

Buddy, buddy, buddy, I know I'd enjoy it!

By lambert on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 11:17pm

[Close paraphrase from one of the books still packed away...]

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi