the economy & the election

[squeezle]

jay smooth from illdoctrine.com

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squeez "exactly!" le

[aquaphase]

stat!

[monet2u]

what's really cool this election is that so many people are coming out to do things they've never done...showing a confidence and support in a candidate...with such emotion and thought. very cool.

[Irock]

Anybody else listen to the This American Life episode they dedicated to the housing crisis? It was interesting, they kinda broke it down... Not that that means I know anything about Lehman Brother's colapse. But I understand Fannie and Freddie a wee bit better.

[mere1975]

Anybody else listen to the This American Life episode they dedicated to the housing crisis? It was interesting, they kinda broke it down... Not that that means I know anything about Lehman Brother's colapse. But I understand Fannie and Freddie a wee bit better.

This is exactly what I need to listen to.

- Mere "Housing Crisis 101 without being dumb or boring" 1975

[ifihadahifi]

Anybody else listen to the This American Life episode they dedicated to the housing crisis? It was interesting, they kinda broke it down... Not that that means I know anything about Lehman Brother's colapse. But I understand Fannie and Freddie a wee bit better.

Yep. It helped make a lot of sense out of it. It's titled "The Giant Pool of Money" and it's available as a podcast (and here's the transcript. A couple of weeks ago there was a TAL episode titled "Enforcers" and one of the acts followed up on it and explained why the FCC has been such a lame duck in the recent process of bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Giant Pool of Money was one of the most popular episodes of TAL and as a result Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson now have a show called Planet Money. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.